Home Administration of Misoprostol Now Permissible in Wales

29 June 2018

The British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP) congratulates Wales, like Scotland, on changing an outdated regulation to permit misoprostol for early medical abortion to be taken at home. Thousands of women annually will now have the option of making one fewer trip to a licensed centre, a trip that is unnecessary on safety grounds, and one that is costly to the woman and to the State. This change permits the procedure to be carried out in the woman’s home (or a place of her own choosing) in comfort and with dignity. BSACP sincerely encourages the Secretary of State for Health to afford women in England the same compassion, dignity and respect.

Kate Guthrie, BSACP Co-Chair, on behalf of BSACP Council