Scottish Government Asked to Make Telemedical Abortion Services Permanent in Scotland
14 June 2021
Today Engender and the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) have, together with 25 women’s organisations, human rights bodies, and healthcare providers, written to the Scottish Government asking them to make telemedical abortion services permanent in Scotland.
In March 2020, the Scottish Government provided temporary permission for telemedical early medical abortion care. This ensured that women and pregnant people all over Scotland could continue to access abortion care without travel to a clinic, decreasing their own and clinic staff’s risk of exposure to Covid-19. The letter asks that this change be made permanent, continuing to provide women with as much choice as possible in accessing abortion care.
The British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP) is one of the signatories to the letter addressed to Maree Todd MSP, Minister for Public Health, Women’s Health, and Sport:
Further information about this initiative is available on the Engender website at: