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| ProLife Alliance welcomes amendment to end abortion of disabled babies up to birth |
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On Monday 28th January 2008 the House of Lords will consider an amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill which could end the discriminatory legal provision in the UK that allows abortion up to birth if a baby is believed to have a disability. The amendment, tabled by Baroness Masham, would act as a disability equality measure i.e. a baby with a disability could not be aborted after the 24-week upper gestational limit when the abortion of a baby without disability is prohibited. 'We live in a society that seeks to prevent discrimination against those who live with disability and yet we allow abortion up to birth for that very reason,' said Julia Millington of the ProLife Alliance. 'The significance of this amendment cannot be underestimated and we congratulate Lady Masham for having the courage to try to end this ruthless endeavour to eliminate those with disabilities before birth. 'The 2003 legal challenge in relation to the abortion at 28 weeks of a baby with cleft lip and palate not only drew attention to this abhorrent provision but also awakened the conscience of the nation to the barbaric reality of UK abortion law. ‘It is difficult to comprehend how a so-called civilised society could allow this eugenic practice and we urge peers to vote to remove this provision from UK legislation’ Julia Millington Political Director ProLife Alliance |
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