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

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    1 year ago

    Am I missing something?

    Abortions are still deemed a criminal act in England, Scotland and Wales under the 1967 Abortion Act.

    The Abortion Act 1967 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that legalised abortion in Great Britian on certain grounds by registered practitioners, and regulated the tax-paid provision of such medical practices through the National Health Service (NHS)

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      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.

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

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      Yes…the rest of the article where they explain, in fair detail, the points that you’re not understanding, or… missing.