Abortion for A Cleft Palate

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Abortion for A Cleft Palate

A Church of England curate has explained her reasons for taking legal action over the late abortion of a baby with cleft palate. The Rev Joanna Jepson, a Cambridge graduate, was born with cleft palate and had corrective surgery as a teenager. She said: "We bend over backwards not to discriminate (against people with disabilities) in society, yet when it comes to the unborn we are seeing a level of eugenics in action. I want to see the law tightened so that the eugenics agenda does not become widely accepted or accepted at all." [The Times, 20 November]

The Anglican archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, gave his 'full backing' to the curate who is currently seeking legal action over the late abortion of a baby with cleft palate. During a visit to the Cambridge college where Joanna Jepson was studying, archbishop Williams expressed his support for her actions. [The Telegraph, 23 November]

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