| Heading: |
Abortion: Drugs |
| Question ID: |
1807764 |
| UIN: |
HL7975 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4555 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Porter of Spalding
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Lord Porter of Spalding
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the criteria for determining whether an in-person consultation is required following a request for at-home abortion tablets. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-05 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
In March 2022, Parliament voted to amend the Abortion Act to allow women in England and Wales to take one or both pills for early medical abortion at home at up to 10 weeks’ gestation. The legislation came into force on 30 August 2022.Women should be give... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |