Disability activist with Down's syndrome leads charge to change Northern Ireland abortion law - News Summed Up

Disability activist with Down's syndrome leads charge to change Northern Ireland abortion law


A young woman with Down's syndrome has presented a petition to Number 10 against an abortion law which makes her feel like she would be 'better off dead'. 'I want this to happen because I'm someone who has Down's Syndrome and I feel that the law makes me upset, it makes me feel like I'm better off dead. In May Ms Crowter told the Mail on Sunday the difference in the way unborn babies with Down’s are treated under the law ‘makes me feel upset and sad. 'If you have a cleft palate, a club foot or Down's syndrome, you can be aborted. She added: 'The people of Northern Ireland do not want these extreme abortion laws imposed upon them.


Source: Daily Mail June 16, 2020 19:44 UTC



Loading...
Loading...
  

Loading...

                           
/* -------------------------- overlay advertisemnt -------------------------- */