The Latest Breaking News from Carla Foster

As France enshrines abortion access in its constitution, the UK is facing a sharp rise in abortion convictions. A law dating from 1861 is being used to prosecute women in England and Wales, in at least one case leading to incarceration.

In today’s newsletter: As more women in the UK are facing prosecution, RCOG has released new guidance cautioning against reporting – could it shift the debate about decriminalisation?

I watched the repeal of Roe vs Wade last year in wide-eyed horror as a woman’s right to an abortion in the United States vanished overnight. My friends in the US were in pieces — there was heartbreak and disbelief as they watched the erosion of their human rights in…

Carla Foster’s release welcomed but case has done little to settle debate about abortions carried after 24-week limit

Legislation that led to Carla Foster being jailed after procuring pills for a termination said to be ‘antiquated’

Campaigners have claimed it was ‘never in the public interest’ to prosecute Carla Foster.

The 45-year-old mother of three, who was sentenced to 28 months in prison for having an abortion past the legal time limitations, is to be released from jail after appealing her sentence. Here, Claire Cohen on why she should never have been put behind bars in the first place

A woman jailed for illegally obtaining abortion tablets to end her pregnancy during lockdown has won her Court of Appeal bid to reduce her sentence…

‘This is a very sad case... It is a case that calls for compassion, not punishment,’ judge says