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| 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. | 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. | 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”. | 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”. |
| Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Emma Barnett, Regan said: “I think what the Scots have done is admirable; they have provided early medical terminations of pregnancy, or abortions, extremely effectively, and this is another step I think in their pathway to make it easier to access safe care for girls and women.” | Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Emma Barnett, Regan said: “I think what the Scots have done is admirable; they have provided early medical terminations of pregnancy, or abortions, extremely effectively, and this is another step I think in their pathway to make it easier to access safe care for girls and women.” |
| She added: “I hope that we would be able to say to our colleagues and our policy makers and our CMO (chief medical officer) in England that we could support this, if we go through all the appropriate steps to convince everybody that this is to promote safety and the comfort of women, as opposed to anything else.” | She added: “I hope that we would be able to say to our colleagues and our policy makers and our CMO (chief medical officer) in England that we could support this, if we go through all the appropriate steps to convince everybody that this is to promote safety and the comfort of women, as opposed to anything else.” |
| Speaking about the benefits of taking misoprostol at home, she told the broadcaster: “I would give you the misoprostol to help evacuate the uterus, and I would probably suggest to you, look, it’s Friday, why don’t you go home and take this over the weekend, when you’ve got access to the bathroom and you can be comfortable and you’re not going to have a miscarriage or start bleeding in an embarrassing way on the tube or whatever. | Speaking about the benefits of taking misoprostol at home, she told the broadcaster: “I would give you the misoprostol to help evacuate the uterus, and I would probably suggest to you, look, it’s Friday, why don’t you go home and take this over the weekend, when you’ve got access to the bathroom and you can be comfortable and you’re not going to have a miscarriage or start bleeding in an embarrassing way on the tube or whatever. |
| “Sadly, women in England and Wales have to take the second drug in the presence of the doctor or nurse in the hospital, and therefore by definition they are probably going to have problems ... It’s not as pleasant as being in the safety and comfort of your own home.” | “Sadly, women in England and Wales have to take the second drug in the presence of the doctor or nurse in the hospital, and therefore by definition they are probably going to have problems ... It’s not as pleasant as being in the safety and comfort of your own home.” |
| She added: “Access [to abortions] is more difficult because I think it’s fair to say that my generation of gynaecologists, in many cases, chose not to be involved in abortion services. | She added: “Access [to abortions] is more difficult because I think it’s fair to say that my generation of gynaecologists, in many cases, chose not to be involved in abortion services. |
| “There has been stigma, despite the legality of the act, and as a result I now find that many of the trainees in my own hospital haven’t had access to, or experience of, providing abortion care.” | “There has been stigma, despite the legality of the act, and as a result I now find that many of the trainees in my own hospital haven’t had access to, or experience of, providing abortion care.” |
| Regan said 70% of the 200,000 procedures carried out in the UK every year are undertaken in the independent sector, predominantly by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service and Marie Stopes. | Regan said 70% of the 200,000 procedures carried out in the UK every year are undertaken in the independent sector, predominantly by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service and Marie Stopes. |
| “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.” | “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.” |
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