Lead member
Sir Liam Fox
Conservative, North Somerset
Commons
Decision
No decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Amendment text
To move the following Clause—
“Upper gestational limit on abortion where the foetus has Down syndrome
In section 1 (Medical termination of pregnancy) of the Abortion Act 1967, at the end of subsection (1)(d) insert “provided that, where that risk arises from a foetus having Down syndrome, and the foetus having Down syndrome is the sole reason why that risk arises, the pregnancy has not exceeded the gestational limit identified in sub-subsection (a).””
Member's explanatory statement
This new clause would mean that terminations would not be allowed beyond 24 weeks where any risk is purely on the grounds of a diagnosis of Down syndrome.