Babies Die Every Week So It’s OK to Deliberately End the Life of a Baby at 32 Weeks, Implies Doctors for Choice President

Professor Wendy Savage, president of pro-abortion group Doctors for Choice UK, appears to have argued that because “babies die every week”, it was ok to “procure an abortion which led to the death of a baby”, in this case referring to a baby that was aborted at at least 32 weeks gestation, at least 8 weeks after the 24-week time limit for abortions in the UK. 

Discussing the case of Carla Foster on LBC radio, Professor Savage was questioned by host Iain Dale over whether it was justifiable for Ms Foster to abort a baby who could have survived if she had been born at the same gestation at which she was aborted. 

The former Obstetrician, who has performed abortions herself, first admitted that it was the death of a “baby” that happened in this abortion at no less than 32 weeks gestation.

In a statement that has been branded “savage” she then went on to say  “how many babies die every week in this country? And, as we keep on seeing, these maternity scandals [show] that the care that is given to women is not perfect”.

It appeared that she was saying that because babies die every week in the UK because of sub-standard pregnancy care, it was somehow justifiable to deliberately end the life of a viable baby.