June 4, 2025
Elen Wyn, Newyddion S4C
Women's bodies are still controlled by "Victorian era" laws, a mum has said, after police issued new guidelines which allow officers to search grieving women for abortion drugs.
Elen Hughes, from the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, whose baby was stillborn, called the guidance horrifying. They include allowing searches of mothers' mobile phones if a baby dies unexpectedly in the womb.
By Tessa Flemming
May 30, 2025
Guidelines issued by a leading UK police body have paved the way for investigators to inspect women's period tracking apps and search their homes following a stillbirth.
The divisive advice says police can do so if they believe the pregnancy loss was the result of an abortion outside of legally permitted circumstances.
“We only have a few weeks to win this vital fight for our freedoms," said Labour MP Stella Creasy.
By Amy Glover
27/05/2025
Following the release of new police guidance detailing how to seize phones and search for medications used to terminate pregnancies in the homes of women after unexpected pregnancy loss, campaigners and doctors are urgently calling for abortion to be decriminalised.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has branded the guidance on child death investigation, which comes from the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and was updated earlier this year, as “truly shocking”.
The tech company, which owns Facebook and WhatsApp amongst others, has reportedly blocked or limited access to abortion providers
By Kimberley Bond
22 May 2025
The tech giant Meta has been accused by abortion providers of limiting their content in the US and Central America.
MSI Reproductive Choices (an international non-government agency that provides reproductive healthcare) and Plan C Pills (an information resource helping people with understanding safe, at-home abortions) claims Meta, which owns social media platform Facebook and messaging service WhatsApp, have censored their services.
The WhatsApp for Business account of the leading abortion provider in Mexico, Fundación MSI (part of MSI Reproductive Choices), has been suspended, which has led to an immediate 80 per cent drop in people booking appointments. WhatsApp was the primary channel for people seeking reproductive care, with MSI Reproductive Choices now fighting to get the platform reinstated.
Continued: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/a64849730/meta-block-abortion-content/
Maya Oppenheim, Women’s Correspondent
Nov 2, 2023
Police are testing “distressed” women who have suffered miscarriages for abortion drugs, healthcare providers have warned. Medical professionals argue it is “deeply sinister” to test women who have endured a miscarriage who are suspected of illegal abortions for the drugs – arguing it adds to the guilt and stigma women routinely experience after pregnancy loss.
In one document, seen by The Independent, a bodily fluid sample was sent to a forensics lab to be analysed for a range of drugs – including the abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. Another reveals a woman who agreed to allow police to have access to samples of her bodily fluids taken by NHS staff.
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