Is it time to decriminalise abortion in the UK?
Today in Focus
The Guardian
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🗓️ 15 June 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:09.0 | Today, why is a British woman been sent to prison for having an abortion? |
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| 1:36.0 | Abortion is a very common procedure in Britain. |
| 1:39.0 | You may have had one yourself. |
| 1:41.0 | You'll almost certainly know people who have. |
| 1:45.0 | This procedure is so little spoken about, and yet so every day, that you may forget that abortion is actually illegal. |
| 1:53.0 | Earlier this week, a woman in stocontrend was given a 28-month prison sentence for taking abortion pills. |
| 2:00.0 | Her case is complex and it's distressing. |
| 2:04.0 | She'd lied to the abortion providers in order to get the pills, saying she was less than 10 weeks pregnant. |
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