Maria Miller told the Telegraph it was “common sense” to lower the legal limit at which a pregnancy can be terminated in order to “reflect the way science has moved on”.
Thanks to advances in care for children born very prematurely, it is now possible for doctors in some cases to save the lives of babies born before 24 weeks.
The medical advance raises the moral dilemma of whether it is right to end pregnancies which could result in a healthy child, or to lower the window and rob some women of the right to make their own choice.
Interesting choice of words by the author, Nick Collins. Someone is certainly being robbed of a choice.
Yes BlueOntario – but equally we should note that the writer uses the word child not foetus or some other distancing word.