Abortion-to-go.London--Lest anyone think that Britain's official circles are getting slightly soft on the unborn, late summer news provided a correction. Government officials were concerned over the administrative and labour costs of abortions performed in clinics and hospitals. This may well be why, starting September 2004, new Ministry of Health guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. permitted the abortion drug, RU-486, to be self-administered at home to prescreened women (Lifesite, August 9, 2004). The slightly different "morning-after pill morn·ing-af·ter pill n. A pill containing an estrogen or a progesterone drug that prevents implantation of a fertilized ovum in the uterus after sexual intercourse. ," which, however, produces the same result, may now be sold over the pharmacy pharmacy, art of compounding and dispensing drugs and medication. The term is also applied to an establishment used for such purposes. Until modern times medication was prepared and dispensed by the physician himself. In the 18th cent. counter to under-16-year-old girls. As with the "secret" abortions, parents will not be informed. MAPs contain very powerful doses of hormones; as yet no one seems too concerned about how these could affect the future health of young girls who ingest in·gest tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. them (Daily Mail, 5 August, 2004). |
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