What Are the Key Outcomes of Medication Abortion?

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In the traditional imperson group, 98 point two % of patients had a successful medication abortion. In the tala medicine group, after the policy change, it was 98 point eight%. And there was no significant difference istically between those numbers. So medically, we were seeing, really, that this talemedicin model was just as safe and just as effective as the traditional imperson model.

At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Great Britain brought in emergency legal orders to allow a ‘pills by post’ abortion service. For abortions within the first 10 weeks, women were able to take the two tablets needed to end a pregnancy in the privacy of their own home rather than having to take the first at a clinic or hospital. The scheme was due to be scrapped in September 2022, but last week MPs voted to keep it in England. Wales will also be making it permanent. Madeleine Finlay spoke to Dr Abigail Aiken about her study looking at the outcomes of self-managed medical abortions during the pandemic, the benefits of taking abortion pills at home, and whether ‘Plan C’ could ever become available in shops and pharmacies. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod