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British Police are Using Period Tracker Data and Blood Tests To Investigate Patients Who Miscarry (www.themarysue.com)

submitted 1 year ago by DevCat@lemmy.world to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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Police in the United Kingdom are using data from period tracking apps and mass spectrometry tests conducted on blood, placenta, and urine to investigate patients who have had “unexplained” miscarriages.

Though abortion is legal in the UK, there are TRAP laws in place requiring certain conditions to be met first, paramount of which is that two separate doctors need to agree that the patient meets the criteria of the 1967 Abortion Act before any treatment can go ahead. Self-managed abortion is a criminal offense with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment in the UK, as is any abortion performed after the pregnancy has progressed passed 23 weeks and six days, unless the patient is at risk of serious physical harm or death, or the fetus has severe developmental anomalies.

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[–] DevCat@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I am a CIS male and run the Flo app just to mess with their stats and tracking. You wouldn't believe how often my period is off!

[–] sbexpert@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never used an app to track, but as a teen my periods were so inconsistent that they would probably think I was pregnant and miscarrying every 3 months. There were times I didn't bleed for 3 months then bled for 2, for years. This led me to starting birth control years before I ever had sex for the first time. I definitely would have been on some watchlist if that took place today.

Luckily, after years of trying to stop birth control (and going right back into that weird bleeding cycle every time! >:[ wtf body) my new doctor agreed to do a hysterectomy! It was just recently done, so I'm still recovering, but I'm so fucking happy I never have to deal with periods and bc pills ever again!

Sorry for the novel lol

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago

Congratulations! I'm wicked happy for you, Internet Stranger :) and hope you a smooth recovery.

[–] SARGEx117@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same! I had a pregnancy scare a few weeks ago, but I'm back on my period again with my nonexistent uterus. Phew.

[–] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

I bled 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, and 21st of October. I plan on doing it backwards this month. My cup and non-existent uterus runneth over. I'm thinking of having a pregnancy scare next month sometime, just in time for the holidays.