Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran:

As I said earlier, in medicine there are always two options. If there is a little malformation for which we are carrying out a termination of pregnancy at 21 weeks, if we do not do the foeticide and if the baby comes out alive then it becomes a dilemma for the mother and the caregivers. This is taken into careful consideration and the issues are discussed with the parents about whether they would like to see the baby coming and having a few gasps and dying, when even if one supports the baby it will die. The option can be to do that or to have the foeticide and do the termination. Globally this is a well-established process and it is not something new to me or my practice. It is an established process globally.