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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

What are the abortion laws in the UK?

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A woman has been jailed for more than two years in prison for taking abortion pills after the legal cut-off in a case that has sparked fury among campaigners.

Carla Foster, a 44-year-old with three children, got hold of the pills under the government’s “pills by post” scheme that allows the termination of unwanted pregnancies up to 10 weeks.

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