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Woman's Hour

Princess Diana. High Court challenge over late Down's syndrome terminations. Religion and climate change activism

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Twenty five years ago Martin Bashir's Panorama interview with Diana Princess of Wales made headlines around the world with quotes like “ there were were three of us in this marriage so it was a bit crowded” Now questions are being asked about how the interview with her was secured , which the BBC are investigating. We hear from Rosa Monckton one of Diana’s best friends

Under the current Abortion laws it is legal to terminate a pregnancy up to birth if Down's syndrome is detected. This doesn’t happen very often but Heidi Crowter, a 25-year-old woman from Coventry who has Down’s syndrome, and Máire Lea-Wilson from London, whose 18-month-old son Aidan has Down’s syndrome, are going to the High Court to try to change it. They want the limit reduced for all non-fatal disabilities including Down’s Syndrome , cleft palate and club foot in line with the normal 24-week limit. Anita Rani talks to them and to Clare Murphy from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service.

Woman's Hour Power List 2020 Our Planet; What are the major world religions doing to combat the climate crisis? What impact can personal faith have on inspiring climate change activism? We discuss with Maria Zafar, Campaigns Coordinator at Islamic Relief UK; and Ruth Valerio, a theologian, environmentalist and Global Advocacy Director at Christian charity Tearfund

Plus the author Kate Mascarenhas on her passion for dolls the theme for her new novel The Thief on The Winged Horse which is set in a doll workshop where generations of the Kendricks family have made dolls with magic powers.

Presenter Anita Rani Producer Beverley Purcell

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This is Anita Rani with the Woman's Hour Podcast on Wednesday the 11th of November 2020.

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Good morning and welcome to Woman's Hour. A fantastic program lined up for you with some really interesting

0:46.2

women to get us thinking this Wednesday morning. Now 25 years after that panorama interview,

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we are once again talking about

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Diana I'll be joined by one of her closest friends Rosa Monckton. If Down syndrome

0:59.8

is detected in a fetus you can currently choose to terminate the pregnancy up to

1:04.0

birth. Two women are going to the High Court to try and change that. I'll be hearing

1:08.2

from them both. Now as we prepare to unveil this year's power list all about our planet, we'll be discussing

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whether you can be religious and an eco-warrier.

1:18.5

And dolls, did you ever play with them?

1:20.4

I'm catching up with Kate Muscaranus, who has a thing about dolls and has written a beautiful new book with them as the central theme.

1:28.0

Now you might have watched the I TV documentary last night, the Diana Interview, Revenge of a Princess.

1:35.0

It's about the 1995 Princess Diana interview with the BBC journalist, now BBC

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