Edinburgh, Scotland, May 23, 2019 / 16:01 pm
A pro-life group in Scotland has, for a second time, lost a legal challenge against the government's decision last year to allow women to self-administer abortion pills at home.
"We are greatly saddened by this decision. We have been convinced all along that the policy decision by the Chief Medical Officer and Scottish Government was illegal, as well as detrimental to the well-being of women in our country," said John Deighan, chief executive of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children Scotland.
"Women should not be facing the mental anguish that accompanies DIY abortions, nor any abortion for that matter. However, those concerns have not been upheld by the judges," he said.
A three-judge panel ruled against the pro-life group's appeal May 22, stating that a registered medical practitioner is still responsible for the treatment, whether it takes place in a clinic or in the home, and that even at home "control in the appropriate sense is maintained."