FACTS to know ahead of the Sugg #DIYAbortion vote today:
1. The NHS child safeguarding network says the scheme puts young people at risk of coercion & exploitation. The removal of in-person consultation allows pills to be obtained under "false pretences": politics.co.uk/mp-comment/202…
1. The NHS child safeguarding network says the scheme puts young people at risk of coercion & exploitation. The removal of in-person consultation allows pills to be obtained under "false pretences": politics.co.uk/mp-comment/202…
2. The scheme enables dangerous and illegal abortions to be performed by women on themselves. Soon after it was launched, one woman used the pills, meant for up to 10 weeks gestation, on a 28-week-old baby, who was then stillborn. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
3. Don't just assume the narrative that this is "what women want". 70% of 18,000 public consultation respondents said they wanted #pillsbypost to end immediately:
gov.uk/government/con…
gov.uk/government/con…
4. IT might be culturally popular to support the abortion industry, but it's actually real, everyday women who need our support instead. If you don't want to hear me on this, hear Natalia, who shared her troubling experience of a DIY abortion here:
5. AND - ambulance chiefs reported a surge in 999 calls from women taking abortion pills at home since the scheme: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
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