Abortion providers cannot ensure that the pills they prescribe are taken within the appropriate time frame, increasing the risk of severe complications and late abortions.
It is now over a year since temporary measures to allow ‘at-home’ abortions during the Coronavirus pandemic were introduced in England, Scotland, and Wales, without public consultation or adequate parliamentary scrutiny. The range of issues women and girls have experienced following this provision and attempts to implement a similar policy in Northern Ireland, call for an urgent government review.