162-Year-Old Law Used to Jail Woman for Taking Abortion Pills Beyond Legal Time

&gt; They wrote: “It is our strong belief that in the 21st century, in the shadow of the overturning of Roe v Wade, it is never in the public interest to prosecute women in these circumstances.”<p>Well this is in the UK so I don&#x27;t know what the US situation has anything to do with this.<p>But anyway, there was a fairly similar case about a decade ago after a 38-week abortion.[1] For reference, 38 weeks is the expected duration of a pregnancy.<p>Would it be okay to have an abortion during delivery? Right after the onset of labour? 1 minute before? A day before? Where exactly do you put the limit here?<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2013&#x2F;jun&#x2F;12&#x2F;appeal-jail-term-woman-aborted-baby-40-weeks" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2013&#x2F;jun&#x2F;12&#x2F;appeal-jail-te...</a>

To save you a click, because its only memtioned in passing…Section 58 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 [0]<p>This is the same act that deals with murder, rape, bodily harm, child abandonment and more.<p>The main issue behind this conviction appears to be intent, not that this was simply an ‘accident of ignorance’.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Offences_Against_the_Person_Act_1861" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Offences_Against_the_Person_Ac...</a>

She took the pills at 9 months pregnant. I support the right to abortion, but only the most unhinged people are okay with aborting a baby that is fully formed and capable of surviving on its own if delivered.

Old laws like murder aren&#x27;t bad just because we&#x27;ve had them so long.