More than 600 medics have demanded that Boris Johnson end the controversial pills in the post abortion scheme introduced at the start of lockdown.
In an open letter, they call for a reversal of the relaxation in abortion rules, citing evidence that some pills mailed after phone or online consultations were used when foetuses were beyond the stipulated ten-week limit – and even after the 24-week upper limit for surgical abortions.
They argue that the new rules also made it easier for men to coerce women into abortions against their will and failed to protect girls who were being abused by adults, or women trafficked into prostitution.
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I’m Ben Eshmade and this week we look back with a series of two episodes that attempting to explore the music, the man and the myth of composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle in his 80th year in 2014.
The NHS on blood clot risk of the contraceptive pill - and how experts say it compares to vaccine
The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is associated with blood clots in rare cases - but the pill has also been linked to such
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