At the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, the UK, and subsequently the Welsh and Scottish Governments, approved huge changes to abortion laws, allowing for the first time women to carry out their own abortions at home.
After a phone or video consultation, women who are under 10 weeks pregnant in England and Wales (12 weeks in Scotland) can now receive abortion pills by post to be taken at home. Astonishingly these changes were introduced without either parliamentary scrutiny or public consultation.