Written questions

Abortion: Drugs

Commons · Question 44414 · Tabled 7 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 23 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent abortion drugs sent in the mail from being used to commit crimes.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 23 Apr 2025

Before an early medical abortion can be undertaken at home, a consultation is held with the woman requesting the termination. Women are given the choice to have either an in-person consultation or a virtual consultation. If the medical practitioner has an...