Abortion pills: Housemate speaks of guilt over ‘baby in bin’

A housemate of a girl after buying drugs to terminate her pregnancy given a suspended prison sentence said authorities were contacted by her over the guilt she felt seeing the foetus in a bin.

On Monday, a court heard the girl miscarried on 12 July 2014, took them and bought two types of drugs online.

Her housemate told the BBC that the authorities rang for advice. The 1967 Abortion Act does not apply to Northern Ireland.

Abortion is simply let in Northern Ireland if a female ‘s life is at risk or there exists a long-lasting or serious risk to her physical or mental health.