> But you've misunderstood it from your first comment, where you wrongly said it is a "criminal offence" when done here in England which is just entirely wrong.
No, I never wrote that that abortion was always a criminal offence. I wrote:
Abortion is not on demand and any abortion that does not satisfy the legal criteria can thus be a criminal offence.
It is no more than a statement of fact. This the law.
"Mental health" is a very fuzzy term and it is not enough to say it to make so. It's just that at the moment no-one wants to create trouble on this and are indeed turning a blind eye by taking the approach you mention. But if for some reason authorities want to create trouble then they could just use the law as it stands as well. And indeed there are calls to decriminalise abortion because it isn't in law.
No, I never wrote that that abortion was always a criminal offence. I wrote:
Abortion is not on demand and any abortion that does not satisfy the legal criteria can thus be a criminal offence.
It is no more than a statement of fact. This the law.
"Mental health" is a very fuzzy term and it is not enough to say it to make so. It's just that at the moment no-one wants to create trouble on this and are indeed turning a blind eye by taking the approach you mention. But if for some reason authorities want to create trouble then they could just use the law as it stands as well. And indeed there are calls to decriminalise abortion because it isn't in law.