Abortions at home are safe...?
Feb 16 2006 05:44 PM
By KateFavazza

So, what did you do this afternoon?"

"You know, the usual: watched some soaps, ate some bon-bons, had an abortion."
Read that again. It may sound ridiculous, but for England, it's very close to the impending reality. The Guardian Unlimited reported today that abortions at home are safe:

Women who are less than nine weeks pregnant can safely have medical abortions at home, according to the head of a government-backed pilot project.

Abortion services for the 20,000 women who seek a chemically induced abortion every year could be transformed should the Department of Health's official evaluation of the pilot confirm initial findings. But it is also likely to provoke controversy from anti-abortion campaigners who will claim that home abortions would make the procedure easier and therefore lead to more women having terminations. Story