MP Moves to End Home Abortion Without Seeing Clinician

Published on May 16, 2024

An MP has proposed an amendment to ban pregnant women from taking abortion-inducing pills at home without an in-person consultation. Flick Drummond MP’s amendment, added to the Criminal Justice Bill on Thursday, would reverse the COVID-19 era measures, meaning pregnant women could no longer conduct abortions after only having consultations over the telephone or via electronic means. The Conservative MP for Meon Valley said in her explanatory statement, “This new clause would mean that a pregnant woman would need to have an in-person consultation before lawfully being prescribed medicine for the termination of a pregnancy.” The amendment has cross-party support, including from former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, and Labour MP Rachael Maskell....

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