Mother challenges ‘secret’ British abortion guidelines

A MOTHER of two teenage daughters yesterday asked the British High Court to prevent parents being “undermined” by Government guidelines which allow girls under 16 to obtain abortions through “a culture of secrecy”.

Sue Axon, 51, a divorced parent from Manchester, urged a judge to declare parents had “a right to know”, except in exceptional cases, so they could help their children make “wise decisions”.

She said the British Government “should be encouraging family cohesion, not undermining it”, adding: “I find the prospect that my daughters could be receiving contraception and an abortion without my knowledge horrifying”.