UK mom jailed for terminating pregnancy at 8 months after lying to get abortion pills

[Kamaji]

UK mom jailed for terminating pregnancy at 8 months after lying to get abortion pills

By Lee Brown
June 13, 2023

A British mom of three was sentenced to more than two years in prison for aborting a baby while about eight months pregnant.

Carla Foster, 44, was terrified her estranged partner would find out she became pregnant while seeing two other men in late 2019, according to a court report by StokeOnTrentLive.

She repeatedly lied to get abortion pills that were only available online due to loosened restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court was told.

The pills were only for women in their first weeks of pregnancy — but Foster was between 32 and 34 weeks, way beyond the UK’s 24-week limit for abortions, her trial heard.

She made numerous internet searches about “How to not look pregnant” and “How to hide the pregnancy bump” — as well as “If you get hit in the belly will you lose your baby?,” the local outlet noted.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/06/13/uk-mom-carla-foster-jailed-for-aborting-baby-at-8-months/

[PeteS in CA]

Babies at 7-8 months' gestation are often/usually viable. A human being as capable of surviving as a slightly preemie was murdered.

[Kamaji]

Babies at 7-8 months' gestation are often/usually viable. A human being as capable of surviving as a slightly preemie was murdered.