PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Abortion: Telemedicine (16 March 2022)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to review measures enabling telemedicine for early medical abortion ahead of the planned deadline of 30 August 2022 for that service to no longer be available to women.

Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)

Answer

On 24 February 2022, we announced that the temporary approval for early medical abortion would be extended until midnight on 29 August, when face to face services will return in England. There are no plans to review the decision before this date.


Answered by:
Maggie Throup (Conservative)
24 March 2022

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