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<p>We have no plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of this policy’s operation.</p><p>Parliament
decides the circumstances under which abortion is permitted. It would be for Parliament
to decide whether to change the law on abortion. The Department continues to work
closely with NHS England, the Care Quality Commission and abortion providers to ensure
abortions are only performed in accordance with the legal requirements set down by
Parliament in the 1967 Abortion Act.</p><p>Home use of early medical abortion pills
is permitted if the pregnancy has not exceeded 10 weeks gestation at the time the
first medicine in the course is administered. If there is any uncertainty about the
gestation of the pregnancy, the woman should attend an in-person appointment. If she
does not attend in-person, the doctor would not be able to form an opinion in good
faith that the pregnancy is below 10 weeks gestation and therefore would not be able
to prescribe abortion pills for home use.</p>
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