'I'm pro-choice but...'
ByJustice Pepperall, the judge who delivered the controversial sentence, declared that she “knew full well [her] pregnancy was beyond the limit of 24 weeks,” adding that she “deliberately lied to gain access to telemedical services.”
“Toiling over these details – and not the utterly grim circumstances that led to this woman's decision – is a move straight out of the ‘pro-life’ playbook.” Much of the “I'm pro-choice… but” response has focused on these comments, debating the duration of the pregnancy, the woman's perceived knowledge of the pregnancy, and her deception of the healthcare provider.
But toiling over these details – and not the utterly grim circumstances that led to this woman's decision – is a move straight out of the ‘pro-life’ playbook. Some have responded to the case by posting photos of children born prematurely on social media. It's a deeply understandable reaction, but it conflates a rare, tragic case of a “late-stage” abortion, with the 58,000 babies born prematurely in the UK every year (per
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