In the latest controversy surrounding abortion law in the UK, a report for the British Department of Health has revealed that 50% of all babies aborted because they have Down’s Syndrome are not being recorded in the appropriate official records as required under the 1967 Abortion Act.
Of 994 abortions carried out because the unborn baby was diagnosed with Down’s Syndrome in England and Wales in 2012, only 496 of these had been notified to the British Department of Health. 11 of the abortions that were not recorded were carried out after 24 weeks’ gestation – the time after which a baby can survive outside the womb.
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