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A campaign group, Right To Life UK, has called for the suspension of the postal service for abortion medication following the conviction of a man, Stuart Worby, for poisoning a woman using pills. Worby was sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually assaulting a pregnant woman and administering abortion medication. The group believes that the introduction of the postal service during the Covid-19 pandemic has led to incidents like this and the government needs to take action.
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service, however, has defended the service, stating that every woman has a right to safe abortion and that the actions of abusive men should not be used as a way to stop this from happening. Worby had obtained the medication from a friend, Nueza Cepeda, who had pretended to be a woman in need of an abortion. The medication was sent after a phone consultation with a doctor at a London clinic, and the incident led to campaign groups stating that the postal service could be open to abuse.
Critics of the service state that the discontinuation of face-to-face consultations prior to medication being prescribed is a problem and that this should be reinstated. Earlier in the year, a group of MPs tabled an amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill to restore the original pre-pandemic method for prescribing abortion medication.
The ability to acquire abortion medication by post was introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure that women could access safe abortion care even with restrictions in place. According to the Department for Health and Social Care, there are currently no plans to review the system, and they are working with NHS England, the Care Quality Commission, and providers to ensure that the abortion process is provided legally and with robust clinical oversight
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