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Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer (observer.co.uk)

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Police have been issued guidance on how to search women’s homes for abortion drugs and check their phones for menstrual cycle tracking apps after unexpected pregnancy loss.

New guidance from the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) on “child death investigation” advises officers to search for “drugs that can terminate pregnancy” in cases involving stillbirths. The NPCC, which sets strategic direction for policing across the country UK, also suggests a woman’s digital devices could be seized to help investigators “establish a woman’s knowledge and intention in relation to the pregnancy”. That could include checking a woman’s internet searches, messages to friends and family, and health apps, “such as menstrual cycle and fertility trackers”, it states.

Details are also provided for how police could bypass legal requirements for a court order to obtain medical records about a woman’s abortion from NHS providers.

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[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This def seems like an odd document.

Under current laws. It sounds reasonable up to the point unexpected still births may suggest looking for abortion drugs.

Seems like bullying. But not odd to suggest police may need to check given the current laws.

But all the advice about using phone tracking apps etc provide no evidence or indication of a crime. Only the events that apparently caused the need to investigate. So seem totally irrelevant unless someone involved is trying to vicimised women.

Added to.

Details are also provided for how police could bypass legal requirements for a court order to obtain medical records about a woman’s abortion from NHS providers.

Basically telling the police to gain evidence any lawyer can easily throw out due to its methods of being obtained. While also by very definition suggesting the police avoid their legal requirements.

Not to mention an abortion done by the NHS is by definition one done under medical supervision. And under the 1961 act. Something the medical authorities etc. If illegal would be responsible for investigation of. Not the police.

It is hard to see any reason this would be sent out. Other then by anti abortion activists to help agreeing officers victimise women.