With Child
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| Originally published | 1979 |
| Authors | Phyllis Chesler |
| Genres | Biography |
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| ID | 2975621 |
About With Child
"Phyllis Chesler's myth-shattering insights could literally save the sanity of many women, whether we are mothers or not, and involve many men in a critical human experience. " —Gloria Steinem"Phyllis Chesler has written a brave book about one woman's journey into motherhood. . . . . . .
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... Cyber Correspondent Joe Tidy speaks exclusively With Child abuse survivor " Alice" and her legal team, as they prepare a case that could have major consequences for social media companies...
Uganda court fines US couple $28,000 for child cruelty
... They had been charged With Child trafficking and torture, for which they could have faced life in prison...
Jailing women for abortion 'unlikely to be just'
... The mother was initially charged With Child destruction and pleaded not guilty, before admitting an alternative charge of administering drugs or using instruments to procure abortion...
Kenyan baby stealer convicted after BBC expose
... He was arrested in 2020 following a Leparan was charged alongside another hospital employee, Selina Awour, With Child theft...
Constance Marten and Mark Gordon: Inquest for baby paused
... It emerged during a hearing at the Old Bailey on Monday that they have also since been charged With Child cruelty and causing or allowing the death of a child...
Calls for abortion law reform after mother jailed
... Foster was initially charged With Child destruction, which she denied, and later pleaded guilty to an offence under Section 58 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 - " administering drugs or using instruments to procure abortion"...
Mother jailed for taking abortion pills after legal limit
... The woman, who already had three sons before she became pregnant again in 2019, was initially charged With Child destruction, which she denied...
Lucy Letby: Babies died within 72 hours of nurse's text, jury told
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Jailing women for abortion 'unlikely to be just'
By Susie Rack & PA MediaBBC News, West Midlands
A senior court has said jailing women for abortion-related crimes was " unlikely" to be a " just outcome" after A Mother 's sentence was reduced.
In a 17-page ruling, The Court of Appeal explained why Carla Foster's.
The mother-of-three from Staffordshire had admitted illegally procuring abortion pills during lockdown.
The Appeal judges found her original sentence had been wrongly calculated.
Ms Foster procured abortion pills in The Post from The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) after indicating to staff she was Seven Weeks pregnant, when she was really between 32 and 34 weeks.
On 11 May 2020, after she took the pills, she went into labour and The Baby was born not breathing.
The mother was initially charged With Child destruction and pleaded Not Guilty , before admitting an alternative charge of administering drugs or using instruments to procure abortion.
Dame Victoria Sharp , sitting with Lord Justice Holroyde and Mrs Justice Lambert, previously said the case called for " compassion, not punishment".
In Wednesday's ruling, the judges noted a similar case of A Woman convicted of administering poison with intent to procure a miscarriage where The Sentence had been lowered on appeal.
Dame Victoria said: " We consider that in cases of this nature, there will often be substantial personal mitigation to balance against the seriousness of The Charge ; and that an immediate custodial sentence in such cases is unlikely to provide a just outcome. "
The judges said, sitting at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court , had wrongly calculated the original sentence before factoring in Ms Foster's mitigation, and it was too high.
Dame Victoria added, while the 45-year-old had not been suffering from a serious mental illness at The Time , " there was evidence of an emotionally unstable personality and. . No Doubt that she suffered emotional turmoil throughout".
She continued: " Ms Foster made admissions at any early stage, and it is doubtful she would have been prosecuted had she not done so.
" In The Aftermath of the stillbirth, she was traumatised, and as The Judge put it, wracked by guilt and depressed. "
The Appeal court previously heard Ms Foster was denied contact with her children while in prison, one of whom is autistic.
Dame Victoria said: " By The Time of the hearing before us, it was obvious that custody had had a severely detrimental effect on Ms Foster and on her family. "
In his original sentencing, Mr Justice Pepperall described it as an emotive case made more " tragic" because she did not plead guilty earlier.
The case to the UK's abortion laws.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com