Source: The Guardian
Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent
A court ruling that a woman with learning disabilities must have an abortion against her wishes has been overturned on appeal.
The decision came after the woman’s mother, a former midwife, challenged a court order issued on Friday.
The appeal court judges Lord Justice McCombe, Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Jackson said they would give reasons for their decision at a later date.
Earlier, the Catholic church had described the court order as “sad and distressing”.
On Friday, the court of protection in London decided an abortion was in the best interests of the woman, who is in her 20s, and is 22 weeks pregnant. She has the mental capacity of a six- to nine-year-old child.
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