Mr Justice Pepperall jailed the 44-year-old woman for 28 months after she lied to secure pills that aborted her unborn baby. He told Carla Foster that had she entered a guilty plea at an earlier stage, he may have suspended the sentence.
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Eminent medical professionals had written to the judge pleading for Carla Foster to be spared a prison term after she induced a miscarriage at between 32 and 34 weeks