A woman has been sentenced to more than two years in jail for obtaining drugs to have an abortion after the legal cut-off in what has been described as a “tragic” case.
Carla Foster, 44, got hold of the abortion pills under the government’s “pills by post” initiative that was rolled out in the wake of the Covid crisis – and is still in operation now – for unwanted pregnancies up to 10 weeks. Doctors concluded she was 32 to 34 weeks pregnant at the time.
