UK Expert Calls At-Home Abortions Risky
Apr 24, 2020
In the United Kingdom, the Department of Health and Social Care has begun allowing for at-home chemical abortions through telemedicine and a regimen of prescription pills while the COVID-19 pandemic continues. But Dr. Gregory Gardner, an honorary clinical lecturer at the University of Birmingham, is suggesting at-home abortions put vulnerable women at risk.
Beyond the risks of infection, hemorrhage, psychological trauma, possible future pre-term birth, and breast cancer, Gardner is most concerned about the possibility of abuse. “It will be difficult if not impossible to verify by phone or video whether a woman is undergoing any kind of duress to have an abortion,” he explains. “There does not seem to have been any consideration given to this in the proposed change in policy.”
Andrea Williams, chief executive of Christian Concern, is calling for the British government to repeal the legislation. “The U.K. government is going to extraordinary lengths to protect lives due to the threat of Covid-19,” she told FOX News. “It appears to fail to see the irony in opening up access to abortion and counting the lives that will be lost as a result of such action.”
At-home abortions amid coronavirus lockdown will cause ‘serious harm,’ UK expert warns
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Beyond the risks of infection, hemorrhage, psychological trauma, possible future pre-term birth, and breast cancer, Gardner is most concerned about the possibility of abuse. “It will be difficult if not impossible to verify by phone or video whether a woman is undergoing any kind of duress to have an abortion,” he explains. “There does not seem to have been any consideration given to this in the proposed change in policy.”
Andrea Williams, chief executive of Christian Concern, is calling for the British government to repeal the legislation. “The U.K. government is going to extraordinary lengths to protect lives due to the threat of Covid-19,” she told FOX News. “It appears to fail to see the irony in opening up access to abortion and counting the lives that will be lost as a result of such action.”
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