Hi everyone
We thought you’d like to know that following a poll of 8000 of you (thanks everyone who voted!), Justine has written to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Vaccines and Public Health Maggie Throup urging the Government to retain telemedical abortions.
Here’s an extract: “The arrangements that were put in place during the pandemic have made us a world leader in the provision of telemedical abortion care for those seeking an early medical abortion. This means that women who struggle to attend an in-clinic appointment - because of a lack of childcare, transport issues, domestic abuse or any other reason - are able to obtain safe, timely and effective care.
I welcome reports that ministers are preparing to extend this provision, and would ask you to make the change permanent. As you may know, around 90% of Mumsnet’s 8 million users are women. When we polled them on this issue between the 28th and 31st of January, more than 8000 of them responded, with 77% of them in favour of retaining this provision permanently.
Telemedical abortion represents an important step forward for women’s health and reproductive choice. It must not be reversed.”
Full letter here. If you'd like to read more, Clare Murphy from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) wrote a guest post for us last year about telemedical abortion on which many of you shared your stories of abortion before this provision and since.
What you can do
- If you’d like to take action on this, take two mins to write to Maggie Throup too here.
- Retweet and/or share Justine's letter - it's on twitter here, on instagram here and on Facebook here.
Thanks!
MNHQ