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

Heidi Crowter: ‘It makes me feel that I shouldn’t be here. That I should be extinct.’ Photograph: James Manning/PA

A woman with Down’s syndrome has lost a court of appeal challenge over late-stage abortions of foetuses with certain health conditions.

Heidi Crowter, who brought the case alongside Máire 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.