We need to talk about women being pressured into abortions.

The European Court of Human Rights will rule today on a case where three women in a psychiatric institution were forced to have abortions against their will.

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#ECHR #abortion #humanrights Last month, the court ruled in a case where a 20-year-old had been forced to have an abortion by her parents, also against her will. The court strongly condemned this as a breach of human rights:

FACTS to know ahead of the Sugg #DIYAbortion vote today:
1. The NHS child safeguarding network says the scheme puts young people at risk of coercion & exploitation. The removal of in-person consultation allows pills to be obtained under "false pretences": politics.co.uk/mp-comment/202… 2. The scheme enables dangerous and illegal abortions to be performed by women on themselves. Soon after it was launched, one woman used the pills, meant for up to 10 weeks gestation, on a 28-week-old baby, who was then stillborn. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…

HEADS UP: Ruling and immediate press conference TOMORROW on Päivi Räsänen's case - the Finnish grandmother and MP accused of using criminal speech on a Bible Tweet (that never even broke Twitter's own rules). Canary in the coalmine re Online Harms Bill.

https://twitter.com/ADFIntl/status/1508708731542028291

A guilty verdict would set a new low bar in terms of permissible speech in Europe. Does the UK want to follow down that rabbit hole? adfinternational.org/aviso-judgment…