Big support
A Bill introduced by a severely disabled Peer
to end disability-selective abortion received
near-unanimous support from Peers as it
reached Committee Stage in late January.
If Lord Shinkwin’s Abortion (Disability
Equality) Bill amendment is successful it
will remove section 1(1)(d) from the 1967
Abortion Act, which allows for abortion
on the grounds of disability up-to-birth.
The net effect would be that the 24-week
to all babies
limit would apply
time
regardless of disability.