Response 299249994

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1. What impact do you think that the current arrangements for early medical abortion at home (put in place due to COVID-19), have had on women accessing abortion services? Please answer with regards to the following criteria.

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2. What impact do you think that the current arrangements for early medical abortion at home (put in place due to COVID-19), have had for those involved in delivering abortion services? (For example, this could include impacts on workforce flexibility and service efficiency.)

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3. What risks do you consider are associated with the current arrangements for early medical abortion at home (put in place due to COVID-19)? How could these risks be mitigated?

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Physical and emotional health risks for the mother. Mitigation only via face to face support.

4. Do you have any views on the potential impacts of continuing the current arrangements for early medical abortion at home (put in place due to COVID-19) on equalities groups (the protected characteristics of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation)?

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If yes, please outline possible impacts below. Please be as specific as you can and include any resources or references to evidence on this topic that we should consider.
Concerned about this - from a Christian perspective I do not welcome the increased ease with which abortions are available. The trauma for the mum, dealing with this on her own at home, can cause immeasurable lifelong suffering.

5. Do you have any views on potential impacts of continuing the current arrangements for early medical abortion at home (put in place due to COVID-19) on socio-economic equality?

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If yes, please outline possible impacts below. Please be as specific as you can and include any resources or references to evidence on this topic that we should consider.
Appears to be easier for people with greater financial and other resources eg more than one bathroom/toilet at home.

6. Do you have any views on potential impacts of continuing the current arrangements for early medical abortion at home (put in place due to COVID-19) on women living in rural or island communities?

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Whether to make current early medical abortion arrangements a permanent measure

7. How should early medical abortion be provided in future, when COVID-19 is no longer a significant risk? [select one of the options below]

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a) Current arrangements (put in place due to COVID-19) should continue – in other words allowing women to proceed without an in person appointment and take mifepristone at home, where this is clinically appropriate.
b) Previous arrangements should be reinstated – in other words women would be required to take mifepristone in a clinic, but could still take misoprostol at home where this is clinically appropriate.
c) Other (please provide details) –
If you responded c) Other, please provide details
Would prefer more limited options for abortions but, as that is unlikely, would opt for (b) rather than (a).

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