Woman with Down’s syndrome loses court of appeal abortion law case

Heidi Crowter argued that the law was discriminatory and stigmatised disabled people

A woman with Down's syndrome has lost a court of appeal challenge over the UK's abortion laws.

Heidi Crowter, who brought the case alongside Maire Lea-Wilson, whose son Aidan also has Down's syndrome, had argued that allowing pregnancy terminations up to birth if the foetus has the condition is discriminatory and stigmatises disabled people.