Although abortion was legalised in England and Wales in 1967, the procedure is still criminal in specific circumstances.
Under Section 58 of the Offence Against the Person Act 1861, which carries a maximum life sentence, it is illegal for a woman to administer “poison” (abortion pills) with the intent to cause her own miscarriage after the 24-week legal limit.
Last month, the fifth woman this year appeared in an English court charged under Section 58, compared with only three previous prosecutions in the past 160 years.
In 2021, a teenage girl with an unexplained early stillbirth faced a year-long criminal investigation that examined her text messages and search history before police dropped the case. A coroner concluded the pregnancy ended because of natural causes.

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