Medical professionals warn it is ‘deeply sinister’ to test women for abortion drugs

  • Zron@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The key word there is it’s legalized on certain grounds and by registered practitioners.

    So there’s probably a time frame when it’s allowed, or a preceding incident like rape or incest, and it can only be performed by a registered physician.

    Under a law like the, it would still be a crime to use medications to induce a miscarriage of your own desire.

    It’s all bullshit, but the UK has a lot of things where is technically legal to do something, as long as you’re willing to submit yourself to close government scrutiny.

    • Raxiel@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      No one was ordering their own abortifacients online in 1967, the rules were to outlaw “backstreet” abortions.

      I don’t know what the limit is, but yeah there’s a cut-off for when a pregnancy can be terminated without medical necessity. When there is medically necessary it can be performed later.

      Either way the procedure is available for free on the NHS.

      While I think the rules are sound, you’d think the police would have learned from the disgraceful treatment of the mothers who were prosecuted - and subsequently had those convictions quashed - due to SIDS

    • ABCDE@lemmy.world
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      Of course there’s a timeframe or circumstances, they are writing as if it’s illegal, which it isn’t.