A woman walks into a hospital in Ireland with complications resulting from a Medical Abortion.
She has just flown back from Britain where the aborifacients Mifepristone and Misoprostol have been legally administered by a licensed facility. She receives treatment and is fine.
Another woman purchases the drugs online and administers them according to instructions on the Island of Ireland. She also experiences complications, is treated in a hospital and is fine.
Will these women be questioned as to where the Medical Abortion was administered and be obliged to provide evidence of this?
Is it in the public interest to insist that this evidence is provided?
Is it in the public interest to prosecute the woman who administered the Medical Abortion in Ireland?
What would be an appropriate punishment if she was convicted?
Despite a UK ruling that both doses be administered in a licensed facility, this is likely to a conundrum for policy makers, enforcers of the law and pro-life activists in Ireland in the coming future.
It would seem I am not the first person to consider this issue as the drugs are advertised online. The issue has previously been considered in the ROI here and and in NI here.
She has just flown back from Britain where the aborifacients Mifepristone and Misoprostol have been legally administered by a licensed facility. She receives treatment and is fine.
Another woman purchases the drugs online and administers them according to instructions on the Island of Ireland. She also experiences complications, is treated in a hospital and is fine.
Will these women be questioned as to where the Medical Abortion was administered and be obliged to provide evidence of this?
Is it in the public interest to insist that this evidence is provided?
Is it in the public interest to prosecute the woman who administered the Medical Abortion in Ireland?
What would be an appropriate punishment if she was convicted?
Despite a UK ruling that both doses be administered in a licensed facility, this is likely to a conundrum for policy makers, enforcers of the law and pro-life activists in Ireland in the coming future.
It would seem I am not the first person to consider this issue as the drugs are advertised online. The issue has previously been considered in the ROI here and and in NI here.
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