A university student has been caged for two years after taking pills that caused her to have an abortion. The 20-year-old mum, who had a two year old daughter when she became pregnant again aged 20, revealed of her horror that she ended up being jailed by the authorities.
She was charged with taking tablets that caused her to have an illegal abortion, but told the Sunday Times that she “felt [she] had no other choice other than to [plead guilty].” Laura* said: “The prosecution said if I didn’t plead guilty, they would charge me with child destruction, and I would likely go to prison for life.”
Last month, the director of public prosecutions, Max Hill, was urged to urgently stop the prosecution of women who end their own pregnancies. The number of women reported to the police for ‘criminalised abortions’ has been on the rise with 30 so far in 2022 - already higher than previous years.
