London, England, Nov 29, 2005 / 22:00 pm
An article in the Sunday Times this past Sunday, highlighted a crucial problem regarding late-term abortions and their deep moral consequences. The question regards babies surviving the attempts to abort them past the 18th week.
A British government agency has launched an inquiry into doctors’ reports that up to 50 babies a year are born alive after botched National Health Service abortions.
The number of terminations carried out in the 18th week of pregnancy or later has risen from 5,166 in 1994 to 7,432 last year
Abortion on demand is allowed in Britain up to 24 weeks — more than halfway through a normal pregnancy and the highest legal limit for such terminations in Europe. France and Germany permit “social” abortions only up to the 10th and 12th weeks respectively.