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Heidi Crowter, a 27-year-old mother from Coventry, says that the current legislation discriminates against people with disabilities by allowing abortion up to birth if the unborn child has a condition such as Down syndrome.
An English woman with Down syndrome is taking her fight against the U.K.’s abortion laws to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
Heidi Crowter, from Coventry, says that the current legislation discriminates against people with disabilities by allowing abortion up to birth if the unborn child has a condition such as Down syndrome. The 27-year-old mother, who actively campaigns on social media, announced her decision to appeal to the ECHR this week after the country’s Supreme Court refused to hear her case.
Crowter has been campaigning for a change in the law since 2018, when she joined a legal challenge brought by another mother whose son has Down syndrome.
She argues that the law sends a message that people with disabilities are not valued equally and that it violates their human rights. “In 2023, we live in a society where disabled people are valued equally after birth but not in the womb,” she said in a statement.
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An English woman with Down syndrome is taking her fight against the U.K.’s abortion laws to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
Heidi Crowter, from Coventry, says that the current legislation discriminates against people with disabilities by allowing abortion up to birth if the unborn child has a condition such as Down syndrome. The 27-year-old mother, who actively campaigns on social media, announced her decision to appeal to the ECHR this week after the country’s Supreme Court refused to hear her case.
Crowter has been campaigning for a change in the law since 2018, when she joined a legal challenge brought by another mother whose son has Down syndrome.
She argues that the law sends a message that people with disabilities are not valued equally and that it violates their human rights. “In 2023, we live in a society where disabled people are valued equally after birth but not in the womb,” she said in a statement.
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Woman With Down Syndrome Sues Over Abortion Law at European Court of Human Rights
Heidi Crowter, a 27-year-old mother from Coventry, says that the current legislation discriminates against people with disabilities by allowing abortion up to birth if the unborn child has a condition such as Down syndrome.
