Sir Brian Souter’s lack of compassion for families who receive a diagnosis of fetal anomaly is shameful
Mr Souter’s statement that at 39 weeks gestation, a woman could legally end a pregnancy due to a “hare lip” is simply untrue. Under Ground E of the 1967 Abortion Act, a termination can only be performed post-24 weeks if two doctors believe that there is a “substantial risk” of severe fetal anomaly.
