Doctor tried for Down syndrome baby murder

Title
Doctor tried for Down syndrome baby murder
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
Oct 1981
Year of production
1981
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Duration
00:04:07
Description
Report on the clearing of Doctor Leonard Arthur of the attempted murder of Down syndrome baby, John Pearson. With comment on the ethics of allowing handicapped babies to die from paediatrician, Professor Robert Zachary; head of the BMA ethics division, Dr John Dawson; Dr Alexander Campbell, Aberdeen University. Female reporter not identified.
Contributors
John Dawson; Robert Zachary; Alexander Campbell
Keywords
Deaths; Medical ethics; Homicide; Courts; Legal decisions; Trials; Down syndrome; Disabilities; Family; Doctors; Parents; Babies; Verdicts; Intellectual disabilities; John Pearson

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LBC/IRN, "Doctor tried for Down syndrome baby murder". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0024300395011 (Accessed 03 Apr 2026)