12 h. ago ‘Utterly traumatised’: anger at ordeal of UK woman accused of illegal abortion

Calls for law change after ‘cruel and unnecessary investigation’ into Nicola Packer that CPS brought to trialWhen Nicola Packer took a pregnancy test in November 2020, as the country was in lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, she did not even believe she was pregnant.Aged 41 at the time, she thought it more likely that she was perimenopausal, but had been feeling under the weather and when her friend – with whom the pregnancy had been conceived – suggested she took a test, she only did so to “prove him wrong”. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Woman accused of having illegal abortion in lockdown found not guilty

Nicola Packer took abortion medicine at home in November 2020, her trial at Isleworth Crown Court heard

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58 h. ago Woman accused of having illegal abortion ‘still utterly traumatised’ by events

Nicola Packer, 45, is on trial at Isleworth Crown Court.

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6 d. ago UK woman accused of illegal abortion says she told medics she had miscarried

Nicola Packer tells court she had feared hospital staff ‘wouldn’t help me’ if they knew she had taken abortion pillsA woman on trial accused of having an illegal abortion has said she told hospital staff she had miscarried as she feared them knowing the truth would affect the level of care she received.Nicola Packer, 45, took abortion medicine during the Covid lockdown in November 2020, after being prescribed the pills in a remote consultation with a registered provider, a jury at Isleworth crown court heard. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Woman accused of illegal abortion ‘brought foetus to hospital’

Nicola Packer denies charge and claims she believed she was within legal limit

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2 w. ago Woman who lived in BDSM threesome with husband and wife is accused of illegal abortion 'after taking foetus to hospital in a backpack', court told

Nicola Packer allegedly took abortion medication at home on November 6, 2020, and went to Chelsea and Westminster hospital the following day, Isleworth Crown Court heard on Thursday.

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