Covid hasn’t been good for any of us, but at least it’s been temporary. For unborn children, unfortunately, it has indirectly been a disaster.
At the beginning of lockdown, the government quietly eased an important part of the Abortion Act 1967. Citing the inaccessibility of licensed clinics to those confined at home, it temporarily removed the statutory requirement for an in-person appointment during a pregnancy’s first ten weeks. Instead it allowed the supply of both mifepristone and misoprostol by post for administration at home after a mere telephone consultation with any doctor, nurse or midwife.
