The High Court in London has agreed to hear a challenge to the UKs abortion law.
The case claims the law discriminates against people with disabilities.
While abortion is legal up to 24 weeks, it is allowed up to birth where the baby suffers “from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped.”
Heidi Crowter, a 24-year-old woman with Down’s Syndrome, says the law is offensive and makes her cry. In Britain, 90pc of unborn babies found to have Down Syndrome are aborted.
She is taking the case, with other members of the Down’s Syndrome community, to make sure that people aren’t treated differently because of their disabilities.
“This case addresses a matter that is fundamentally offensive and discriminatory,” Paul Conrathe, the lawyer representing the women, said.
