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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Andrew Gregory Health editor

Permanent access to at-home abortions to be granted in England and Wales

A person looks at information on their phone about an abortion pill for unintended pregnancy.
Early medical abortion involves taking two different medicines within the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images

Women in England and Wales will be able to permanently access early medical abortions at home from next week after ministers were forced to abandon plans to scrap the “pills by post” service.

The move will benefit thousands of women who wish to take the tablets needed to end a pregnancy in the privacy of their own home, rather than having to take the first pills at a clinic or hospital.

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