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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN HL5321, tabled on 31 January 2018

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to enable women undergoing early medical abortion to take the second part of the medication, misoprostol, at home if they so wish.

Answered on

13 February 2018

Abortions must be performed under the legal framework set by the 1967 Abortion Act. The Government’s priority is to ensure women who require abortion services have access to safe, high quality care.