Mother's delight as baby survives abortion

Reprinted from Telegraph.co.uk
By Lucy Cockcroft
Last Updated: 6:47AM BST 05/06/2008

When Jodie Percival became pregnant she was terrified her baby would inherit a life-threatening illness and decided to have an abortion - but miraculously the child survived and was born a healthy boy.

 

The 25-year-old mum and her fiance Billy Crampton had already lost one child and their second was born with a serious kidney condition, so they decided they couldn't cope with the strain of having a third.

 

So, at eight weeks pregnant, Miss Percival decided to abort the child she had conceived whilst on the contraceptive pill...

 

 

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