A pro-abortion academic has admitted that the Government’s DIY home abortion scheme is to blame for the rise in arrests of women such as Carla Foster, who was found guilty of illegally obtaining abortion drugs past the legal limit.
Dr Claire Pierson, referred to as an “abortion rights expert” by Grazia Daily, has admitted that DIY home abortion, otherwise known as pills by post, is to blame for the recent arrest and prosecution of Carla Foster and several other women, and that “it’s a stretch” to hold the pro-life movement responsible.
“Without being able to present in front of a medical professional some of the basic checks weren’t happening”, Dr Pierson told Grazia. “That’s where some of these prosecutions have emerged from.”
Abortion ideologues like Stella Creasy MP have blamed Britain’s abortion laws as well as the pro-life movement, emboldened by the reversal of Roe v. Wade, for the rise in arrests.
While abortion provider BPAS claimed there is a “concerted drive towards criminalising women suspected of ending a pregnancy”, Justice Pepperall, who oversaw the sentencing of Carla Foster, condemned “inappropriate” attempts by the pro-abortion lobby to influence court proceedings.
Foster was later released following an appeal.
SPUC comment
A SPUC spokesperson said: “Not surprisingly, the abortion “experts” Grazia spoke to advocated total decriminalisation of abortion as the only way of stopping women from being arrested, conveniently ignoring the fact that these same experts supported the DIY home abortion scheme that led to the arrests in the first place.
“Of course, it doesn’t take a PhD to see that this scheme, introduced in 2020, is responsible for the arrests of women suspected of taking abortion pills beyond the legal limit. And now the abortion industry is shamelessly exploiting these cases to advocate for total decriminalisation.
“SPUC is calling for an immediate end to disastrous DIY abortion to prevent more harm being done to women and their unborn children. What needs to be removed is this policy that allows women to obtain abortion pills without checks and take them over the legal limit.”
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