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In March, the Secretary of State for Health approved temporary measures in England to enable women to access abortion care at home during the pandemic
There is NOW a public consultation on whether telemedicine for abortion care should remain in place after COVID-19. #PillsbyPost
There is NOW a public consultation on whether telemedicine for abortion care should remain in place after COVID-19. #PillsbyPost
Telemedicine has enabled providers to deliver safe, effective and accessible abortion service throughout the pandemic.
Without this, roughly 340 women a day would have been forced to travel, putting them at risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19. #PillsbyPost
Without this, roughly 340 women a day would have been forced to travel, putting them at risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19. #PillsbyPost
Across the BPAS service, waiting times have fallen by more than a week, and same day treatments are now available as a result of telemedicine.
This simply would be impossible without telemedicine, particularly for women in rural areas. #PillsbyPost
This simply would be impossible without telemedicine, particularly for women in rural areas. #PillsbyPost
Abortion is already a very safe procedure, and in all instances safer than continuing a pregnancy to term.
BPAS data shows although that the rate of complications post-terminations was already very low this has dropped significantly due to telemedicine. #PillsbyPost
BPAS data shows although that the rate of complications post-terminations was already very low this has dropped significantly due to telemedicine. #PillsbyPost
Telemedicine allows women to terminate their pregnancies at the earliest gestations - make the procedure safer and more manageable for women.
At BPAS, gestation at treatment has fallen by nearly two weeks since the introduction of #PillsbyPost.
At BPAS, gestation at treatment has fallen by nearly two weeks since the introduction of #PillsbyPost.
All nations in Great Britain are consulting on this. You can find more information here:
https://bpas.org/media/3417/england-ema-consultation-template-response-december-20.pdf
https://bpas.org/media/3418/wales-ema-consultation-template-response.pdf
This consultation has already closed - BUT you can still write to your MSP asking them to support keeping telemedicine in place
https://bpas.org/media/3417/england-ema-consultation-template-response-december-20.pdf https://bpas.org/media/3418/wales-ema-consultation-template-response.pdf This consultation has already closed - BUT you can still write to your MSP asking them to support keeping telemedicine in place
Telemedicine has proven to guarantee safe, accessible abortion care to women and girls across Great Britain. We need to ensure this continues. #PillsbyPost
Respond to the Government consultations here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/home-use-of-both-pills-for-early-medical-abortion
https://gov.wales/termination-pregnancy-arrangements-wales
Respond to the Government consultations here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/home-use-of-both-pills-for-early-medical-abortion https://gov.wales/termination-pregnancy-arrangements-wales
