Protest rages against attack on abortion rights
Over 1,000 people joined a protest in London on Saturday against laws that enabled a judge to jail Carla Foster for 28 months
Source: socialistworker.co.uk
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Society News | Christians Encourage Grace for Mother Sentenced for Misuse Pill
Learn more about the Christian pro-life group that is appealing to individuals of faith to extend grace and compassion to a mother sentenced to over two years in prison for misusing the abortion pill.
Source: christianitydaily.com
Jailed for getting an abortion
On 12 June, a woman, Carla Foster, was sentenced to 28 months in prison for obtaining drugs to induce an abortion after the legal term limit. After taking the medication, she experienced complications and called 999. Police were called to her hospital bedside. Currently, the legal limit on having an abortion in England, Scotland and Wales is 23 weeks and six days, as per the Abortion Act of 1967. The maximum sentence under the The Offences against the Person Act, which applies in cases of illegal abortion, is life imprisonment.
Source: workersliberty.org
Jailed for getting an abortion
On 12 June, a woman, Carla Foster, was sentenced to 28 months in prison for obtaining drugs to induce an abortion after the legal term limit. After taking the medication, she experienced complications and called 999. Police were called to her hospital bedside. Currently, the legal limit on having an abortion in England, Scotland and Wales is 23 weeks and six days, as per the Abortion Act of 1967. The maximum sentence under the offence is life imprisonment.
Source: workersliberty.org