In a first-of-its-kind case, an Indian-origin lady doctor in the U.K., who was caught on camera agreeing to carry out an abortion based on the sex of the unborn baby, has been ordered to appear in court.
Prabha Sivaraman (46) has been served a summons to appear before Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court next month to face an allegation under the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act.
The South Yorkshire-based Indian was one of the two doctors filmed allegedly agreeing to arrange terminations because of the gender of the foetus in an investigation in 2012 by The Telegraph .
Ms. Sivaraman, who worked for private clinics and National Health Service hospitals in Manchester at the time of the investigation, was recorded telling a woman, “I don’t ask questions. If you want a termination, you want a termination.”
It is part of a rare private prosecution brought by a pro-life campaigner and supported by the Christian Legal Centre after the U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service against charging Ms. Sivaraman.
