Pro-choice activists picket Derry police station over mother's abortion trial

(one wonders why the police think they are competent to hand out medical advice)

Pro-choice activists picket Derry police station over mother's abortion trial

Protesters hand in letter from 205 people admitting to procuring abortion pills, in solidarity with woman charged for obtaining them for her underage daughter


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An anti-abortion protest in Belfast: Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where the 1967 Abortion Act does not apply.


Pro-choice campaigners have picketed one of the largest police stations in Northern Ireland and challenged the authorities in the region to arrest them for breaking the law by procuring abortion pills. They said the protest outside Strand Road PSNI station in Derry on Wednesday evening was “an act of solidarity” with a Northern Irish woman who is being prosecuted for obtaining abortion medication for her pregnant, underage daughter two years ago.

The mother will be prosecuted later this year for breaking the region’s strict anti-abortion laws. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where the 1967 Abortion Act does not apply.

It is understood that after she procured the medication for her underage daughter the mother took her to hospital for post-termination treatment. Pro-choice activists believe it was after she visited the hospital that someone reported her to the police.
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“Police would remind the public not to take prescription drugs that have not been prescribed to them. The taking of any prescription drug is potentially harmful if used without appropriate medical supervision.”


http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jul/15/pro-abortion-campaigners-picket-derry-police-station-mother-prosecution