One of the UK’s top gynaecologists has said the decision to allow women in Scotland to take abortion pills at home is “admirable” and she hopes there will be support for the move in England. Prof Lesley Regan, president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), said it was another step in making it easier for women to access safe care. Campaign groups, including Engender, Amnesty Scotland and Rape Crisis Scotland, had said making women go to clinics to take the pill “denies women clear potential advantages in terms of their well-being at what is often a very difficult time”. “And they’re doing a wonderful job, but the reality is that only 30% of procedures are being carried out in NHS hospitals, although all of them are funded by the NHS,” she said. “We’ve farmed out a very important part of women’s health to the independent sector.”

Source: The Guardian October 27, 2017 15:56 UTC