awe and suspicion widespread after the prosecution of a young woman in Belfast whose flatmates reported her to policeA heightened climate of awe has emerged around the topic of abortion in Northern Ireland following the prosecution of a woman whose flatmates reported her to police after she took two drugs to terminate her pregnancy at domestic.
News of the flatmates’ decision to call the police only intensified an already palpable atmosphere of unease and suspicion,other women affected by the issue have said. “People will feel like they can’t trust anybody now,” said Lisa, and who is in her 20s and from Belfast. She described how she had bought abortion tablets online and taken them two weeks ago.
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Source: theguardian.com