Twin survives failed abortion

Kim Nicholls had the abortion on medical grounds

A Midlands mother who had an incomplete abortion and gave birth to a surviving twin has received a five figure sum in compensation.

But Kim Nicholls, from Staffordshire, says she does not know how she is going to explain to her surviving daughter that she might have had a brother or sister.

She was advised to have a termination on medical grounds in 1999 after suffering serious health problems during the Caesarean births of her previous three children.

The 36-year-old reluctantly went ahead with the termination in March 1999 but three months later she felt a baby kicking inside her, and went on to give birth