Conservative commentators were quick to seize on a recent UK abortion ruling as a loss for disabled people’s rights.
But some advocates for disabled people had opposed the appeal brought by Heidi Crowter, a woman with Down’s Syndrome, against the right to access late-stage abortions where a foetus could be born with certain health conditions.
Crowter had claimed that allowing pregnancy terminations after 24 weeks if a foetus is likely to have disabilities including Down’s syndrome is discriminatory against disabled people.
