Woman Cleared in Abortion Trial as MPs Push for Law Reform

Woman Cleared in Abortion Trial as MPs Push for Law Reform

The recent acquittal of Nicola Packer, a 45-year-old woman prosecuted for inducing an abortion beyond the legal limit, comes as MPs push to reform UK abortion laws. Packer, who took abortion pills during the COVID-19 lockdown believing she was within the permitted gestational period, was found not guilty by a jury at Isleworth Crown Court on May 8. The legal limit for taking medication at home to terminate a pregnancy is 10 weeks, while the oute…

The Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Jaime Gajardo, commented that “the objective of the government is that women will not continue to be criminalized.”