Campaigners in Northern Ireland to stage demonstrations in solidarity with woman who took pills to induce terminationPro-choice campaigners in Northern Ireland will stage demonstrations this weekend to protest against the first prosecution of a woman in 40 years for procuring an abortion for herself.
The 21-year-faded from County Down appeared in a Belfast court this week charged under a 19th-century law for taking abortion pills to induce a termination. Under the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act the woman could face a sentence of up to life imprisonment.
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Source: theguardian.com