Abortion / Disability

Number of babies with Down Syndrome aborted in UK twice the number recorded

The number of abortions performed in the UK on mothers carrying babies with Down’s Syndrome looks to be far higher than previously thought according to a recent report by the UK Department of Health. The same report found that UK abortion doctors are breaking the law by not keeping proper records and documenting the correct reason abortions were being carried out.

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Abortion is legal in the UK up to 24 weeks for any reason and legal up to the day of birth in situations where the baby has a disability. ‘Disability’ appears to be very loosely defined and can include such correctable cases as a cleft palate, a clubbed foot or in the case of this report, where a baby is found to have Down’s Syndrome. The shocking report not only indicates that the number of abortions for Down’s Syndrome is almost twice that of the DOH records, but also reveals that the number of late term abortions (those carried out after 24 weeks) may also be higher than previously reported.

The shocking report not only indicates that the number of abortions for Down’s Syndrome is almost twice that of the DOH records, but also reveals that the number of late term abortions (those carried out after 24 weeks) may also be higher than previously reported.

This is extremely disturbing, not least because a baby is viable at 24 weeks but given the fact that in today’s world, children with Down’s Syndrome can be expected to live happy, healthy lives well into their fifties and sixties.The report came about when a discrepancy arose between figures kept by the Department of Health and those kept by the National Down’s Syndrome Cytogenic Register (NCDR) on the number of babies aborted because they were carrying one extra chromosome or in other words, had Down’s Syndrome. The NCDR tracks every unborn child diagnosed with downs syndrome from the time of diagnosis to either birth or death by abortion. Their 2012 register shows that 994 babies were aborted for Down’s syndrome whereas the Dept of Health recorded just 296 of these. This means 498 babies were missing.

It gets worse. Following the investigation by the Dept of Health into these missing cases they identified 11 cases of abortion beyond 24 weeks. 11 viable babies aborted merely because they carry an extra chromosome and their deaths are not even recorded as such. They may have been labeled a “social termination” or they may not have even be accounted for at all. In a further 107 cases the gestation of the pregnancy had not been recorded meaning that there could have been more late term abortions than we know of.

Under the UK Abortion Act doctors have a legal duty to report all abortions to the Chief Medical Officer and this includes abortions for ‘foetal anomalies’ the category under which Down’s Syndrome falls. Clearly there is widespread abuse of this across the UK which is skewing the Dept of Health figures and giving an even more grim picture of the reality of the abortion industry. But what can we expect from an industry that profits on killing babies and harming women.

Women die from elective abortion procedures at UK clinics and they’re deaths are ignored by mainstream media. UK abortion doctors are struck off for being medically negligent. Abortion providers admit to performing illegal abortions on African women. Babies born alive after failed abortions are left to die at UK abortion facilities. Now the same clinics are killing hundreds of babies with Down’s Syndrome, many of whom could survive outside of the womb and covering up their deaths by writing them off as a “social termination” or by simply ignoring that they ever existed.

Dr Eoghan de Faoite is a medical doctor and a pro-life advocate

Number of babies with Down Syndrome aborted in UK twice the number recorded

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