Scotland will continue to permit early abortions at home.
The Scottish government has confirmed that at-home medical abortions will remain commonplace in Scotland.
Following a phone consultation, women have been able to take the two doses of medication required to terminate a pregnancy in the comfort of their own homes since the epidemic.
Scotland has been pressed to follow the lead of England and Wales and make the practice permanent.
Maree Todd, the Minister of Women’s Health, has now confirmed that the model will continue.
The Scottish government announced earlier this week that it would not make a final decision on making the plan permanent until the autumn.
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Ms. Todd spoke on Thursday.
“I am satisfied that current arrangements should continue, so today I am reaffirming that these services will continue to be provided as part of our NHS’s routine treatments, when clinically appropriate.” We will continue to monitor its outcomes and any findings of the ongoing expert evaluation being carried out by health experts and researchers, as we do with other NHS treatments.”
‘Services are secure.’
The emergency procedures, which were implemented in March 2020, permitted patients to take both abortion drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol, at home, according to the top medical officer. It meant that women would not be denied abortions at a time when the coronavirus was a severe public health danger.
Sir Gregor Smith, a professor, stated: “Our main concern is that services are provided.
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), on the other hand, criticized the programme, calling it “state-sponsored backstreet abortion.”
Maree Todd will soon grant a new permission under section 1(3A) of the Abortion Act 1967, allowing mifepristone to be administered at home in Scotland if clinically appropriate. This will no longer be dependent on whether the coronavirus is regarded a major and impending public health hazard.
Nicola Sturgeon was asked to support an emergency meeting on abortion healthcare during First Minister’s Questions on Thursday in reaction to anti-abortion rights protests around the world.
The first minister responded that women had the right to abortion without fear or intimidation, and she urged anti-abortion activists to demonstrate.
