Good, when the current system leads to situations like this:
>Zara was a young teenager when she was investigated by the police after a stillbirth at 28 weeks, accused of illegal abortion. Her phone and laptop were confiscated during her GCSEs, and the distress of the investigation drove her to self-harm. The investigation only concluded when, over a year later, the coroner found that the pregnancy had ended as a result of natural causes
And this:
>Laura
Was at university and the mother of a toddler when she pled guilty to ending her own pregnancy using pills she bought online. The prosecution told her if she didn’t plead guilty she would be jailed for life – she ended up spending more than two years in prison. At the time she was in a physically, sexually, and emotionally abusive relationship. Her partner told her not to go to the doctor. When she was arrested, he told her he would kill her if she told anyone he was involved. Her partner was never investigated by the police.
We need decriminalisation to remove police involvement in what should be a discussion between a woman and her doctor.
denyer-no1-fan on
With this parliamentary makeup, I think one of the amendments has a good chance of passing. It’s about damn time anyway, the vast majority of European countries do not criminalise the woman in question when she conducts an illegal abortion, we need to update our legislations from the 1800s to match with the time.
ohnondinmypants on
So does that mean a woman who was past her due date and was to be induced the next day, could destroy her unborn child and that be legal?
skwint on
>It comes amid concern more women are being investigated by police on suspicion of illegally ending a pregnancy.
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Good, when the current system leads to situations like this:
>Zara was a young teenager when she was investigated by the police after a stillbirth at 28 weeks, accused of illegal abortion. Her phone and laptop were confiscated during her GCSEs, and the distress of the investigation drove her to self-harm. The investigation only concluded when, over a year later, the coroner found that the pregnancy had ended as a result of natural causes
And this:
>Laura
Was at university and the mother of a toddler when she pled guilty to ending her own pregnancy using pills she bought online. The prosecution told her if she didn’t plead guilty she would be jailed for life – she ended up spending more than two years in prison. At the time she was in a physically, sexually, and emotionally abusive relationship. Her partner told her not to go to the doctor. When she was arrested, he told her he would kill her if she told anyone he was involved. Her partner was never investigated by the police.
We need decriminalisation to remove police involvement in what should be a discussion between a woman and her doctor.
With this parliamentary makeup, I think one of the amendments has a good chance of passing. It’s about damn time anyway, the vast majority of European countries do not criminalise the woman in question when she conducts an illegal abortion, we need to update our legislations from the 1800s to match with the time.
So does that mean a woman who was past her due date and was to be induced the next day, could destroy her unborn child and that be legal?
>It comes amid concern more women are being investigated by police on suspicion of illegally ending a pregnancy.
What the fuck? Given [this sort of thing](https://inews.co.uk/news/just-2-6-of-rape-cases-charge-policing-cuts-could-make-worse-3741473) don’t the police have better things to use their resources on?