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Due to underreporting, these figures are likely significantly higher.
Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate:
75 babies with either cleft lip or cleft palate as their principal condition were aborted between 2011 and 2018. The figures are likely to be much higher – for example a 2013 review by Eurocat showed 157 babies with cleft lip and palate were aborted in England and Wales between 2006 and 2010. However, the Department of Health & Social Care (DoHSC) recorded only 14 such abortions.
Club foot:
While the DoHSC are reluctant to release data on club foot, data reported by Eurocat showed that 205 babies with club foot were aborted in England and Wales between 2006 and 2010.
Cleft Lip + Cleft Palate
Cleft lip/cleft palate is defined by the NHS as “a gap or split in the upper lip and/or roof of the mouth (palate). It is present from birth.”
Cleft lip/cleft palate is the most common facial birth defect in the UK, affecting around 1 in every 700 babies.
The main treatment to correct a cleft lip is an operation and is usually done when a baby is 3 to 6 months, and an operation to repair a cleft palate is usually done at 6 to 12 months.
According to the NHS, the majority of children treated for cleft lip or palate grow up to have completely normal lives.
According to the NHS, clubfoot (also called talipes) is a condition where one or both feet point(s) down and inwards with the sole of the foot facing backwards.
Cleft lip/cleft palate is the most common facial birth defect in the UK, affecting around 1 in every 700 babies.
The main treatment to correct a cleft lip is an operation and is usually done when a baby is 3 to 6 months, and an operation to repair a cleft palate is usually done at 6 to 12 months.
Polling from SavantaComRes shows also that only one in three people think it is acceptable to ban abortion for gender or race but allow it for disability. The support for allowing disability-selective abortion for conditions such as club foot, cleft lip and cleft palate is likely even lower.
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