DIY abortions. Since lockdown, women have been able to take both pills required for an early medical abortion at home, if it’s clinically appropriate.
These arrangements will remain as long as the virus is a risk but now the Scottish Government is considering making the current arrangements permanent.
But Isle of Harris GP and chairman of the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, Dr Antony Latham, believes there would be an increased health risk if the procedure was done this way on a permanent basis.
Latham said: “Deciding to have or not to have an abortion is such an important moment in a woman’s life. Any decision about this must be done only after unrushed face-to-face counselling.”He highlighted possible dangers of coercion which may.