A pilot study is testing whether abortions at home are safe:
In a medical abortion, a woman takes a tablet of the drug mifepristone under supervision before returning two days later to take four pills of misoprostol which leads to a termination within a few hours.
The pilot project in southern England represents the first time staff have offered the service outside a hospital setting.





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