The Court of Appeal has previously ruled against Heidi Crowter, saying the Abortion Act was lawful.
A woman with Down's syndrome fighting against abortion laws says she is taking her case to the European Court of Human Rights .
But in November 2022 Judges at the Court of Appeal decided the Abortion Act did not interfere with the rights of the living disabled.Campaigner Heidi Crowter married James Carter in 2020 "In 2023, we live in a society where disabled people are valued equally after birth but not in the womb," she said.
In September 2021, High Court judges found the section of the Abortion Act pertaining to the condition to not be unlawful, adding that it aimed to strike a balance between the rights of the unborn child and of women, in a case brought by Ms Crowter and Maire Lea-Wilson from west London, whose son Aidan has Down's syndrome.
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