Sentence examples for criminalised from inspiring English sources

Second, it criminalises acts that need not be criminalised.

"We know that abortion carries risks to the life of the woman – illegal abortion as much as legal abortion," she says, adding that the movement would like to see the legal exemptions removed and abortion completely criminalised.

Should women who drink excessively while pregnant be criminalised?

One of the main failings in the criminal justice response to this abhorrent form of sexual abuse is that, having criminalised the practice in 1985, all concerned sat back and waited for a little girl to walk into a police station and tell a strange adult what her mummy and daddy had allowed someone to do to her.

Since homosexuality is criminalised in Rwanda and rejected by society, my colleague wanted to minimise the risks that I could face.

I strongly believe that the buying of sexual services must be criminalised if we are to tackle the problem of human trafficking.

In 2011, Birmingham University obtained an injunction which criminalised all occupation-style protests on its 250-acre campus for 12 months.

It began when our rights to the city began to be stripped back and when curiosity – a natural and necessary inclination – became criminalised.

Only reduced levels of demand within the sex trade will slowly squeeze the supply pipeline and act as a brake on traffickers, as the evidence from Sweden, where punters are criminalised, suggests.

Homosexuality was in effect re-criminalised in India in 2013 in a decision by the supreme court that stunned campaigners and led to international criticism.

Meanwhile, in India, a court has in effect re-criminalised homosexuality.