Woman jailed for illegally obtaining abortion tablets to end pregnancy during lockdown to be freed after appeal
Carla Foster, 45, was handed a 28-month extended sentence after she admitted illegally procuring her own abortion when she was between 32 and 34 weeks pregnant.
But at the Court of Appeal in London on Tuesday, three judges reduced her prison sentence to 14 months and agreed that it should be suspended.'Shame on her midwife!': Women outraged after mum-of-three jailed for taking abortion pills after legal limit "The Court of Appeal has today recognised that this cruel, antiquated law does not reflect the values of society today.
Labour MP Stella Creasy said on Twitter: "The relief that this woman can go home to be with her children is tempered by the knowledge there are more cases to come where women in England being prosecuted and investigated for having abortions under this archaic legislation. That's why we need decrim now."
Robert Price, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said the original sentence was not "manifestly excessive".'No one has the right to judge you': Mum-of-three jailed for taking abortion pills after legal limit hits back Speaking before her original sentencing, Ms Foster said defiantly that "no one has the right to judge you because no one knows what you've been through".
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