The mother of a seven-year-old Belfast boy with Down syndrome has urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to introduce abortion in Northern Ireland for babies with the condition [1].
Nicola Woods (34) is one of more than 1,000 people who have signed an open letter to Mr Johnson as new figures show there were 710 late-term abortions for Down syndrome in England and Wales over the last 10 years.
The letter has been backed by the Don’t Screen Us Out community, a coalition of advocacy groups, who are concerned about the scope of the Northern Ireland’s soon to be enacted abortion regime and the impact on families with Down syndrome children.
Last October an extreme abortion law was imposed on Northern Ireland by MPs at Westminster that is even more permissive than the abortion on demand law in England and Wales.