Abortion: Drugs

(asked on 7th September 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of removing the regulations that allow for home use of both pills for early medical abortion on (a) waiting times for an abortion, (b) gestation at the time of abortion, (c) the distance a women has to travel to access abortion services and (d) the capacity and ability of service providers to provide timely care.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 13th September 2021

The Government’s public consultation on whether to make permanent the temporary measure allowing for home use of both pills for early medical abortion up to 10 weeks gestation for all eligible women asked questions on accessibility, the impact on the provision of abortion services and socioeconomic considerations. The consultation has now closed and we are considering all evidence submitted and plan to publish our response later this year.

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