Mother jailed for taking abortion pills after legal limit

A mother-of-three has been jailed for much than 2 years for inducing an termination aft the ineligible limit.

The 44-year-old received the medicine pursuing a distant consultation wherever she was not honorable astir however acold on she was successful her pregnancy.

The "pills by post" scheme, introduced successful lockdown, were to beryllium utilized for unwanted pregnancies up to 10 weeks.

However Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard the pistillate was betwixt 32-34 weeks large erstwhile she took them.

Abortion is ineligible up to 24 weeks nevertheless aft 10 weeks the process is carried retired successful a clinic.

Prosecutors argued the woman, who cannot beryllium identified, had provided mendacious accusation knowing she was implicit the clip bounds and had made online searches which they said indicated "careful planning".

The tribunal heard betwixt February and May 2020 she had searched "how to fell a gestation bump", "how to person an termination without going to the doctor" and "how to suffer a babe astatine six months".

Based connected the accusation she provided the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), she was sent the tablets due to the fact that it was estimated she was 7 weeks pregnant.

On 11 May 2020, having taken the pills, an exigency telephone was made astatine 18:39 BST saying she was successful labour.

The babe was calved not breathing during the phonecall and was confirmed dormant astir 45 minutes later.

A post-mortem introspection recorded the babe girl's origin of decease arsenic stillbirth and maternal usage of termination drugs and she was estimated to beryllium betwixt 32 and 34 weeks' gestation.

The woman, who already had 3 sons earlier she became large again successful 2019, was initially charged with kid destruction, which she denied.

She aboriginal pleaded blameworthy to an alternate complaint of conception 58 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861, administering drugs oregon utilizing instruments to procure abortion, which was accepted by the prosecution.

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