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[–]FlickingMarvellous 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They were talking about this on Women’s Hour this morning. The pro-choice speaker made the very good point that most of these kinds of defects are only picked up at twenty weeks, so the mothers would only have a month to decide. If they don’t have time to do further tests (to determine the severity of the problem), think about how they could accommodate a disabled child, speak to support services, and so on then they’re more likely to panic and abort.