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“People like me are considered to be ‘seriously handicapped’, but I think using that phrase for a clause in abortion law is so out of date.

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recently said that the United Kingdom should change its abortion law to make sure that people like me aren’t singled out because of our disabilities but the Government hasn’t changed the law.

So, in 2020, me and other members of the Down’s syndrome community set out to get rid of the clause in the law, and now our case will soon be heard in the Court of Appeal.

I hope we win. People shouldn’t be treated differently because of their disabilities, it’s downright discrimination.”
– Heidi Crowter

Wake up (to disability rights) with Heidi Crowter at Greenbelt Festival 2022
#GB22 #GreenbeltFestival #GBWakeUp #Artistry #Activism #Belief
26–29 August 2022, Boughton House

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