There was some speculation that they’d get off, but a Queensland couple are going to be charged for illegal abortion after all.
There are two angles on this.
On the one hand, people should have greater power and autonomy over their own medical care. We have a maze of gatekeepers that we have to navigate to get legally available prescription drugs. There need to be more direct pathways. Adults should be responsible for their own bodies. If they’re going to misuse that responsibility, it’s not the government’s job to wring their hands and try to make our decisions for us.
On the other hand, these two people smuggled drugs into the country and broke the law in administering their own treatment, resulting in a miscarriage.
Plus, well, I personally find abortion to be a primitive and barbaric practice… but I guess that’s not the legal issue in question.