Heidi Crowter

Heidi Crowter
Crowter in 2021
Born	Coventry, England, UK
Occupation	Disability rights advocate

Heidi Crowter is an English disability rights advocate. Crowter campaigns for the anti-abortion group Don't Screen Us Out, challenging the Abortion Act 1967 which she views as discriminatory against fetuses with disabilities.

Early life

Heidi Crowter was born to Liz and Steve Crowter. Soon after her birth her parents discovered she had Down syndrome. Crowter has had leukemia, pneumonia, and kidney failure. She had cardiac surgery shortly after her birth. Crowter has two older brothers and a younger sister.^[1] At the age of 16, Crowter was a victim of internet trolling and harassment related to her Down syndrome.^[2]

Career

Crowter works at a hair salon in Coventry managing its social media accounts and working with children.^[1]

Crowter is involved in the campaign Don't Screen Us Out.^[1]^[3] Crowter and two others sued the Department of Health and Social Care alleging that the Abortion Act 1967 was discriminatory by allowing for the abortion of fetuses with Down syndrome and other diagnoses until the time of birth.^[4] In September 2021, the case was rejected by judges.^[5] In March 2022 Crowter was given permission to appeal the verdict on limited grounds.^[6] Her appeal was unanimously dismissed in November 2022.^[7]

Crowter was honored as one of the BBC 100 Women in December 2022.^[8]

Personal life

Crowter is a Christian. She met her future husband, James Carter, online in 2017. They were engaged in 2018.^[1] In 2020, Crowter married James Carter at Hillfields Church in Coventry.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Down's syndrome campaigner Heidi Crowter on marriage and loving life". BBC News. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ "Web trolls: Mum's horror over abuse of Down's Syndrome daughter". BBC News. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ Hattenstone, Simon (3 December 2018). "'My life is just as important as everybody else's': meet the disability leaders". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ Topping, Alexandra (23 September 2021). "Woman with Down's syndrome loses UK abortion law case". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ Hui, Sylvia (23 September 2021). "Woman with Down syndrome loses UK abortion law challenge". Associated Press. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ Harrison, Sian (8 March 2022). "Woman can take Down's syndrome abortion fight to Court of Appeal". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Crowter-v-SSHSC-summary.pdf
^ "BBC 100 Women 2022: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
^ "Coventry Down's syndrome campaigner gets married as restrictions ease". BBC News. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

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Abortion in the United Kingdom

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People

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Groups	Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) Christian Action, Research and Education Life Both Lives Matter Catholic Church in England and Wales Catholic Church in Scotland ProLife Alliance (defunct)
People	Aleck Bourne Phyllis Bowman Bernard Braine James Dunn Jill Knight Simon Mahon Norman St John-Stevas James Dempsey James White Ian Campbell John Corrie Bill Benyon Michael Ancram David Alton Victoria Gillick Jack Scarisbrick Nuala Scarisbrick Joe Benton Jim Dobbin Nadine Dorries Rob Flello Jacob Rees-Mogg Thérèse Coffey Joanna Jepson Heidi Crowter

v t e 100 Women by BBC in 2022
Politics and education	Maeen Al-Obaidi Fatima Amiri Nathalie Becquart Taisiya Bekbulatova Kristina Berdynskykh María Fernanda Castro Maya Chanel Contos Eva Copa Joy Ezeilo Ibijoke Faborode Erika Hilton Park Ji-hyun Zahra Joya Ursula von der Leyen Naomi Long Ayesha Malik Zara Mohammadi Mia Mottley Sepideh Qolian Roza Salih Simone Tebet Kisanet Tedros Cheng Yen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Olena Zelenska
Culture and sport	Dima Aktaa Zar Amir Ebrahimi Selma Blair Ona Carbonell Sarah Chan Priyanka Chopra Jonas Billie Eilish Ons Jabeur Sneha Jawale Reema Juffali Kadri Keung Miky Lee Laura McAllister Milli Rita Moreno Salima Mukansanga Alla Pugachova Elnaz Rekabi Yulimar Rojas Sally Scales Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah Geetanjali Shree Aleksandra Skochilenko Velia Vidal Esraa Warda
Activism and advocacy	Lina Abu Akleh Velmariri Bambari Tarana Burke Sanjida Choya Heidi Crowter Sandya Eknelygoda Gohar Eshghi Cecilia Flores Geraldina Guerra Garcés Moud Goba Women cutting their hair Gehad Hamdy Judith Heumann Jebina Yasmin Islam Layli Hadizatou Mani Oleksandra Matviichuk Narges Mohammadi Tamana Zaryab Paryani Alice Pataxó Roya Piraei Yuliia Sachuk Suvada Selimović Efrat Tilma Zhou Xiaoxuan
Health and science	Aye Nyein Thu Sirisha Bandla Victoria Baptiste Niloufar Bayani Sandy Cabrera Arteaga Samrawit Fikru Wegahta Gebreyohannes Abera Dilek Gürsoy Sofía Heinonen Kimiko Hirata Judy Kihumba Marie Christina Kolo Iryna Kondratova Asonele Kotu Erika Liriano Naja Lyberth Nigar Marf Monica Musonda Ifeoma Ozoma Yuliia Paievska Jane Rebecca Rigby Ainura Sagyn Monica Simpson Maryna Viazovska Yana Zinkevych
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