To save you a click, because its only memtioned in passing…Section 58 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 [0]
This is the same act that deals with murder, rape, bodily harm, child abandonment and more.
The main issue behind this conviction appears to be intent, not that this was simply an ‘accident of ignorance’.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offences_Against_the_Person_Ac...
She took the pills at 9 months pregnant. I support the right to abortion, but only the most unhinged people are okay with aborting a baby that is fully formed and capable of surviving on its own if delivered.
Old laws like murder aren't bad just because we've had them so long.
> They wrote: “It is our strong belief that in the 21st century, in the shadow of the overturning of Roe v Wade, it is never in the public interest to prosecute women in these circumstances.”
Well this is in the UK so I don't know what the US situation has anything to do with this.
But anyway, there was a fairly similar case about a decade ago after a 38-week abortion.[1] For reference, 38 weeks is the expected duration of a pregnancy.
Would it be okay to have an abortion during delivery? Right after the onset of labour? 1 minute before? A day before? Where exactly do you put the limit here?
[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/12/appeal-jail-te...