The mother of a seven-year-old Belfast boy with Down’s syndrome has urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to introduce abortion for babies with the condition here.
Nicola Woods (34) is one of more than 1,000 people who have signed an open letter to Mr Johnson as new figures show there were 710 late-term abortions for Down’s syndrome in England and Wales over the last 10 years.
Figures from the Department of Health in Northern Ireland show that while 52 children with Down’s syndrome were born in 2016, in the same year only one child from here with the condition was aborted in England and Wales.
The letter has been backed by the Don’t Screen Us Out community, a coalition of advocacy groups, who are concerned about the scope of the Northern Ireland regulations and the impact on families with Down’s syndrome children.
