The anti-abortionists have been particularly manipulative of issues of disability rights.
Earlier this year for example they supported curate Johana Jepson's attempt to prosecute the doctors who performed an abortion (supposedly because the foetus had a cleft palate.
No one else can know the reality of the situation of the woman concerned. Certainly what is really abhorrent is that women should be forced by the law to give a reason for wanting an abortion.
it should be our right to decide. What's wrong with abortion provision today The time limit for late abortions is set on the basis of "viability" - see main article
Women have to give a reason why they do not want to proceed with the pregA woman needs the permission of two doctors - to decide what to do with her own body and her own life. Doctors can and do sometimes refuse to sign.
Women may also be afraid this will happen and therefore not go.
For young women in particular there is also the fear their confidentiality will be breached as there is around other issues of sexuality and sexual health.
It is very hard to get an abortion on the NHS In some parts of the country because the facilities don't exist. Countless surveys have shown consistently that there was a post-code lottery for abortion facilities in the days when this was not generally the case for other aspects of welfare provision.
If you have the money you for can go to a charity - and Il you don't then you may be stuck with an unwanted pregnancy