UK MPs are set to vote next Tuesday on an amendment that would reinstate in-person consultations with a medical professional prior to an abortion taking place at home.
New polling shows widespread public support for the law change, with two-thirds of women supporting the move and only 4% wanting the status quo.
Additionally, only 16% of the public support a proposal that would render it no longer illegal for women to perform their own abortions for any reason, up to birth.
The amendment (NC106) has been signed by a cross-party group of over 30 MPs from six parties including former leader of the Conservative Party and cabinet minister Sir Iain Duncan Smith, former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, and former health minister Neil O’Brien.
According to Right to Life UK, this amendment “would protect women by ensuring they have an in-person consultation with a medical professional before they could take abortion pills at home. This would enable an accurate assessment, in person, of any likely health risks for a woman taking abortion pills, her gestational age and the possibility of a coerced abortion”.
