Emmerdale is to screen its “most heartbreaking” scenes ever as a couple terminate their pregnancy after learning the baby has Down’s syndrome.Laurel Thomas and Jai Sharma will be seen agonising over the decision and trying to cope in the aftermath.The ITV soap has consulted ante-natal experts, parents and charities to help tell the tale “sensitively”.But producers admitted it presented the “most challenging and difficult” task the show’s writers have ever faced.Charlotte Bellamy, 47, who plays Laurel, said: “Terminating a pregnancy is an emotive subject, but I think as a programme what Emmerdale does brilliantly is portray difficult stories that are important to tell."The statistics tell us that a majority of people faced with similar news.
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