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British Police are Using Period Tracker Data and Blood Tests To Investigate Patients Who Miscarry (www.themarysue.com)
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Police in the United Kingdom are using data from period tracking apps and mass spectrometry tests conducted on blood, placenta, and urine to investigate patients who have had “unexplained” miscarriages.

Though abortion is legal in the UK, there are TRAP laws in place requiring certain conditions to be met first, paramount of which is that two separate doctors need to agree that the patient meets the criteria of the 1967 Abortion Act before any treatment can go ahead. Self-managed abortion is a criminal offense with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment in the UK, as is any abortion performed after the pregnancy has progressed passed 23 weeks and six days, unless the patient is at risk of serious physical harm or death, or the fetus has severe developmental anomalies.

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[-] Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 58 points 9 months ago

Wait so I thought this was a thing in the US because of all the Christofascists. Does the UK also have a christofascist thing going on? Or is this just kind of an everything goes culture war bullshit thing?

[-] Zanz@lemmy.world 46 points 9 months ago

The UK is a Christian theocracy. Their legal head of state is the head of the state religion.

[-] evidences@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

Also I've I'm not mistaken UK lore dictates that the king/queen derives their power directly from God or something.

[-] littlewonder@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Lol I love the idea that the monarchy is just a group of LARPers that have made up lore about themselves as a backstory.

[-] rambaroo@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That's exactly what they are. Royalty made up the idea of divine right and then let the church in on the deal to provide legitimacy to it.

[-] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The UK is more irreligious than the US.

It's true we have unelected bishops of the CoE in the Lords but they have no power and regularly get kicked in the balls for stupid suggestions.

Such as a former archbishop suggesting Sharia Law should be allowed in certain circumstances. They got roundly mocked and battered by their colleagues and the media.

They're more of a tiny, symbolic tradition that doesn't do much because they're aware of their growing irrelevance in a country with so few practicing Christians.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

If you think Charles came up with any of this, you give him far more credit than His Royal Imbecility deserves.

[-] Zanz@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I don't think he came up with that but the Church of England has seats in the houses due to the head of state being the leader of the church.

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 38 points 9 months ago

Fascism is closing its jaws on the human race globally.

[-] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Your Christo-fascists are pushing their agenda in the UK from here.

This network has been linked to major US funders of climate change denial and right-wing political causes including the Koch brothers and Robert Mercer, and to populist far-right parties in Europe, such as the Sweden Democrats and the Brothers of Italy

[-] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

The United States did not invent Christianity. They got it from Europe.

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