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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Al-Othman and Steven Morris

Couple who bought abortion pills online given community orders

Gloucester crown court
Gloucester crown court heard that the defendants had ordered abortion pills illegally online. Photograph: Chris Poole/Alamy

A man and woman who were accused of buying pills to induce an illegal abortion have been sentenced to community orders.

Sophie Harvey, 25, had previously stood trial accused of procuring her own miscarriage when she was 19.

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