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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Alexandra Topping

Why UK campaigners fear drive to decriminalise abortion may stall

Abortion rights campaigners protest outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London
Abortion rights campaigners protest outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London last month. Photograph: Guy Smallman/Getty Images

On Tuesday, Carla Foster, who was jailed for terminating her pregnancy after the legal time limit last month, was told by the court of appeal that she would be released from prison after her 28-month sentence was halved and suspended.

The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) says there are three more women accused of illegally ending their own pregnancies awaiting trial, adding that in the last three years there has been an increase in the number of women and girls facing police investigations and threatened with up to life imprisonment.

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