Women travelling to England for abortions
13 June 2017
New figures show that 180 women travelled from Scotland to England for an abortion last year.
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service said this highlighted the difficulty in obtaining late-stage terminations for women north of the border.
The law currently allows the procedure up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, and 73 of the 180 women who travelled south were at least 20 weeks pregnant.
Continued at link: BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-40257828