Woman Convicted of 7 Month Abortion Posted: 05-13-07 12:52pm
A WOMAN has been convicted of deliberately
aborting her seven-and-a-half-month-old
baby.
Maisha Mohammed, 22, showed no emotion as
a jury at Manchester Crown Court convicted
her after considering the evidence for
less than 90 minutes.
Mrs Mohammed was then remanded on bail and
will be sentenced on May 24 after reports
had been prepared by the probation
service.
She was convicted following what was a
landmark prosecution of the crime of child
destruction. The Crown alleged she had
aborted the baby, probably during a trip
to Liverpool during a half-term school
break.
Prosecutor Neil Fryman told the jury it
was not known if Mrs Mohammed, of Wray
Gardens in Levenshulme, Manchester, had
carried out the abortion on herself or
whether someone else terminated her
pregnancy.
But it was alleged her motive was that the
child was illegitimate, having been
conceived during an affair while her
husband was in Ethiopia.
The case centred around medical evidence
after a midwife, who had examined Mrs
Mohammed just weeks before the trip to
Liverpool, concluded that she could hear a
foetal heartbeat during two sonic aid
scans.
What a shame this poor lady felt the need
to abort due to the backwardness her
culture adheres to (that illegitimate
children are a big no-no). Again, however
discomforting her abortion may be, it was
still her choice: the foetus was occupying
her body, so she had the choice and the
right to do as she pleased with it.
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Re: Woman Convicted of 7 Month Abortion Posted: 05-13-07 13:39pm
diamond splinter
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A WOMAN has been convicted
of deliberately aborting her
seven-and-a-half-month-old baby.
Maisha Mohammed, 22, showed no emotion as
a jury at Manchester Crown Court convicted
her after considering the evidence for
less than 90 minutes.
Mrs Mohammed was then remanded on bail and
will be sentenced on May 24 after reports
had been prepared by the probation
service.
She was convicted following what was a
landmark prosecution of the crime of child
destruction. The Crown alleged she had
aborted the baby, probably during a trip
to Liverpool during a half-term school
break.
Prosecutor Neil Fryman told the jury it
was not known if Mrs Mohammed, of Wray
Gardens in Levenshulme, Manchester, had
carried out the abortion on herself or
whether someone else terminated her
pregnancy.
But it was alleged her motive was that the
child was illegitimate, having been
conceived during an affair while her
husband was in Ethiopia.
The case centred around medical evidence
after a midwife, who had examined Mrs
Mohammed just weeks before the trip to
Liverpool, concluded that she could hear a
foetal heartbeat during two sonic aid
scans.
What a shame this poor lady
felt the need to abort due to the
backwardness her culture adheres to (that
illegitimate children are a big no-no).
Again, however discomforting her abortion
may be, it was still her choice: the
foetus was occupying her body, so she had
the choice and the right to do as she
pleased with
it.
Quite obviously she did not have the right
or she would not of been in court.
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Posted: 05-13-07 14:05pm
What if it really was a miscarriage?
Hypothetically speaking, you can hear a
fetal heartbeat just hours before a
stillbirth.(later miscarriage)
This makes me uneasy, that she 'could'
have miscarried, but there is no evidence
that it happened either way :/
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Posted: 05-13-07 15:19pm
There certainly seems alot of
circumstantial evidence in play here.
They don't even know if she did it, or if
someone else did it. All they have is a
motive, and a midwife who heard a
heartbeat "weeks before". Is that enough?
I wonder what the jury demographics were,
and what kind of sentiment is in that area
regarding abortion. She might not of even
had a chance. Some might even be thinking
"we'll set an example" or something.
Court cases are so subjective. Or I've
read too many John Grisham novels.
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diamond splinter
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Posted: 05-14-07 04:43am
She was tried in manchester court 90% of
manchester are pro choice but thats has
nothing to do with it it was a judges
descion not a jury descion
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Posted: 05-14-07 04:46am
Carifairy
wrote:
What if it really was a
miscarriage?
Hypothetically speaking, you can hear a
fetal heartbeat just hours before a
stillbirth.(later miscarriage)
This makes me uneasy, that she 'could'
have miscarried, but there is no evidence
that it happened either way
:/
my baby was kicking around in the morning
and i had a miscarriage just hours later
at 21 weeks and 5 days. hearing the
heartbeat weeks before doesn't mean
anything.
however if she had a miscarriage; where is
the fetus/baby?
What a shame this poor lady
felt the need to abort due to the
backwardness her culture adheres to (that
illegitimate children are a big no-no).
Again, however discomforting her abortion
may be, it was still her choice: the
foetus was occupying her body, so she had
the choice and the right to do as she
pleased with
it.
Quite obviously she did not have the right
or she would not of been in
court.
No, my belief is that she
did have the right, though
this right is prohibited because of our
anti-individualism Government.
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Posted: 05-14-07 09:09am
Kypros
wrote:
cowboys
wrote:
Kypros
wrote:
What a shame this poor lady
felt the need to abort due to the
backwardness her culture adheres to (that
illegitimate children are a big no-no).
Again, however discomforting her abortion
may be, it was still her choice: the
foetus was occupying her body, so she had
the choice and the right to do as she
pleased with
it.
Quite obviously she did not have the right
or she would not of been in
court.
No, my belief is that she
did have the right, though
this right is prohibited because of our
anti-individualism
Government.
Aborting a baby at 7 months old might be a
legal right (that is absolutely ridicules)
And it is unmoral! And very very sad!
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Birch
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Posted: 05-14-07 09:32am
diamond splinter
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She was tried in manchester
court 90% of manchester are pro choice but
thats has nothing to do with it it was a
judges descion not a jury
descion
The article says "jury at Manchester Crown
Court convicted her after considering the
evidence for less than 90 minutes." I
don't know anything about English law
(other than it's the basis for our own),
but is a jury there the same as here?
I'm just surprised they would convict
someone such circumstantial evidence. I
wonder if that will be reflected in the
sentencing?
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diamond splinter
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Posted: 05-14-07 12:57pm
Birch
wrote:
diamond splinter
wrote:
She was tried in manchester
court 90% of manchester are pro choice but
thats has nothing to do with it it was a
judges descion not a jury
descion
The article says "jury at Manchester Crown
Court convicted her after considering the
evidence for less than 90 minutes." I
don't know anything about English law
(other than it's the basis for our own),
but is a jury there the same as here?
I'm just surprised they would convict
someone such circumstantial evidence. I
wonder if that will be reflected in the
sentencing?
sorry my mistake tbh i,m surprised they
convicted on lack of evidence
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Posted: 05-14-07 14:28pm
She clearly had to wait so long until she
had found a place to finally get a
semi-safe abortion... that poor young
woman is my age! I wish we knew the whole
story though, all her reasons, etc, why
she had to wait so long. I personally
don't care, but I think the court/jury
needs to hear that information. They need
to know that women don't just wake up one
morning and say "i'm gunna abort hee hee!"
