Thursday, June 27, 2019
British Court Invalidates Ruling Forcing Mentally Challenged Pregnant Woman to have an Abortion
From National Review:
A British appeals court on Monday reversed a previous ruling that would have forced a mentally disabled woman to abort her child against both her wishes and those of her mother.
Justice Nathalie Lieven ruled Friday that an unidentified London woman, who is in her twenties but is said by the court to have the mental capacity of a six-to-nine-year-old child, must abort her 22-week-old unborn baby on the grounds that carrying the child to term would damage her mental health.
Read more here.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/family_law/2019/06/british-court-invalidates-ruling-forcing-mentally-challenged-pregnant-woman-to-have-an-abortion.html