Think abortion is legal in Great Britain? Ask the two women currently facing life sentences | Charlotte Proudman

The overturning of Roe v Wade is horrific, but vulnerable women are being imprisoned for ending pregnancies right now in Britain. It's time to legalise abortion

Like many people in Britain, you probably watched with horror the US supreme court's reversal of Roe v Wade, thinking, Thank goodness women could never be prosecuted for having an abortion here."

But let me tell you, it already happens here.

Charlotte Proudman is a barrister specialising in violence against women and girls and a fellow at Queens' College, Cambridge

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