[Salman]

Fairly easy to fix surgically. I'm sure the UK National Health Service covers it.

Maybe that's not really the reason for these abortions?

[markomalley]

Fairly easy to fix surgically. I'm sure the UK National Health Service covers it.

But what is more expensive? The reconstructive surgery to fix cleft palette, or an abortion?

The NHS does, after all, have money problems.

(NB: that should not be read as a defense, but rather to explain a very possible line of thought)