Can it be too easy to access a termination?

Does she have any regrets now about taking the pill?

Presumably she was given the pill. She didn't have to take at that moment though did she?

You are basically saying that you don't trust your daughters judgement on this. How do you think she would feel if she knew you thought that? How do think other women feel about you thinking that they shouldn't be trusted with that decision until they've had a cooling off period ?

But if you enforce a "waiting" period aren't women more vulnerable to coercion while they wait?

Yes. I had to wait a few weeks for my termination. I found out beginning of Dec and it happened the 2nd week in Jan (because of case load & Christmas - couldn't afford private) Two people tried to coerce me into keeping it, including dh. Which was hard, because he should have known how much I needed to not be pregnant. It tore through our marriage and it took me at least a yr to see why he could do that. Several years on, and it still sticks in my head that he was one of the biggest issues in how I felt at that time. And why I felt so much guilt for being relieved when it was all over. Had I not been so adamant, I am pretty sure he would have successfully changed my mind.

I don't agree with a two day wait. But some form of emotional support /counselling should be available on the same day the woman requests termination, so that women only have terminations for the right reasons, i.e. because they want them. Rather than their partner or family have influenced them.

In reality though, I think that would just play out as women having to justIfy their choice, because we don't have the facilities to provide the type of experts to do the above properly. So on balance a quick route is better for women in general.

FWIW I also think that we should hear more about the thousands of women (of whom I am one) who wanted an abortion the second they knew about the pregnancy, got one and felt absolutely fine about it.

Me! The only emotion I felt was guilt because I felt relieved that it was over.

I live in a country where it's not that easy and you have to travel overseas to get an abortion. I share DoinitFine's experience and having to wait was massively traumatic for me.

I think a 2 day wait could have massive implications on someone's mental health. Think about how anxious women who are actively ttc get during the 2WW. The 2 day wait would be like a punishment. Some women know that they want an abortion and don't have lingering feelings later.

How old is your daughter?

Surely this reduces to banning contraception so women can 'come to terms' with whether they want children at any point, or doctors and counselors being involved before any contraception is used?
She was using contraception, so did not want to become pregnant, and she isn't. Only you and society are making it a big deal.

A teen with autism will comply with advice from a health professional and may not realise she has a choice.

This is so utterly wrong that I can't even begin to tell you the ways. Teens with autism question everything. If you think that getting a person with autism to do anything against their will is just a case of getting a doctor to tell them to do it, then you really know zip about ASD.

Waiting two days for an abortion is not a significant delay.

It is if you no longer wish to be pregnant.

In the uk the problem comes when women are forced to wait weeks.

I thought the OP was in Sweden.

The whole teen with ASD thing is a red herring. If she isn't capable of making decisions about her body in the context of abortion, then she is also not capable of making decisions about her body in the context of sexual consent.

If, on the one hand, you're fine with her being capable of giving informed consent to sex, then you also have to be fine with her being capable of giving consent to routine medical procedures.

If you're suggesting that she is incapable of giving consent to medical procedures, you also have to say that she is incapable of giving consent to sex, and therefore the pregnancy is a result of rape. Even the most frothy and rabid of anti-choicers tends to make exceptions for women who are pregnant as a result of rape, and therefore she should have been able to access medical care in this case as well.

Op daughter has autism which makes her more vulnerable But the OP was happy to let her go to the Dr alone and be out of phone contact, surely if she was so vulnerable she would have taken a friend/advocate with her.

If there is an issue with the OP's daughter's ability to consent, that shoukd have no implications for the ability of any woman to ever consent.

"Waiting two days to think through her options will not harm her."

But what right has the medical establishment to impose this?

Waiting two days to think through her options will not harm her.

Yes, like carrying foetuses with no brains to term "doesn't harm" women

Pro-lifers are so keen to decide what is not harmful for women and what they must endure as a result.

Clearly two extra days of being pregnant is extremely risky for a woman in a relationship that involves reproductive coercion.

"Having access to a quick termination might be essential for a woman whose partner got her pregnant against her will and would attempt to prevent an abortion."

Such a women needs a place in a woman's refugee and help to get out of such an abusive relationship. Waiting two days to think through her options will not harm her.

Op daughter has autism which makes her more vulnerable. There are people who think that a teen with learning difficulties should have an abortion. A teen with autism will comply with advice from a health professional and may not realise she has a choice.

Waiting two days for an abortion is not a significant delay. In the uk the problem comes when women are forced to wait weeks.

Giving women access to medical care isn't really an ethical minefield.

Having access to a quick termination might be essential for a woman whose partner got her pregnant against her will and would attempt to prevent an abortion.

But if you enforce a "waiting" period aren't women more vulnerable to coercion while they wait?

FWIW I also think that we should hear more about the thousands of women (of whom I am one) who wanted an abortion the second they knew about the pregnancy, got one and felt absolutely fine about it.

I am also one.

Although I could have done without the secret trip overseas to pay for it privately.

That was a bit traumatic.

I'm not sure either OP.

What if a woman is pressured into terminating by her partner or other external influences. If it's as easy as walking up and asking, without any due diligence, and 2 hours later you're no longer pregnant, and potentially left in physical and emotional pain, surely that is "too easy"... Argh it's an ethical and practical minefield.

I agree reallytired that those days should be available if you want them. But if you don't, then not. Rapid access does not equal coercion if you know what you want. If you don't know what to do then you are in a different position.

FWIW I also think that we should hear more about the thousands of women (of whom I am one) who wanted an abortion the second they knew about the pregnancy, got one and felt absolutely fine about it. My prevailing emotion was gratitude that I live in a society where this is my right. The need to create a drama where there isn't one is really unhelpful. For some women it is a really difficult decision. For others, it's simple. We never hear about that side of it because we have to freight it with guilt and emotion so that we can continue to tell women they don't know their own minds.

Should we enforce similar delays before any other tablets are prescribed?

I think the OP had a point. I feel that LarryLobster's daughter should have been offered councelling and a chance to think over her options. Such a rapid access to abortion boarders on cohesion. Two days to think over her options, talk to her parents/ social worker/ boy friend would be fine. It would also give time to organise emotional support if she chose to have an abortion.

i think that sounds perfectly fine. She didnt know about or plan the pregnancy, she didnt really want it. Dont make her feel like shes made a bigger decision than she has