Heidi Crowter

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

Heidi Crowter
Crowter in 2021
Born
Coventry, England, UK
OccupationDisability rights advocate

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 leads 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 dropped by judges Rabinder Singh and Nathalie Lieven.[5]

Personal life
James Carter and Heidi Crowter in July 2021

Crowter is 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.[6]

References
  1. "Down's syndrome campaigner Heidi Crowter on marriage and loving life". BBC News. 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  2. "Web trolls: Mum's horror over abuse of Down's Syndrome daughter". BBC News. 2012-04-12. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  3. Hattenstone, Simon (2018-12-03). "'My life is just as important as everybody else's': meet the disability leaders". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  4. Topping, Alexandra (2021-09-23). "Woman with Down's syndrome loses UK abortion law case". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  5. Hui, Sylvia (2021-09-23). "Woman with Down syndrome loses UK abortion law challenge". Associated Press. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  6. "Coventry Down's syndrome campaigner gets married as restrictions ease". BBC News. 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
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