Measures allowing women to self-induce medical abortions at home, without meeting with a medical professional in person, were first approved at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

In the more than four years since this “pills by post” policy has been in place, evidence of the risk it poses to women, and the difficulties of regulating it, has been mounting.

The consequences of the policy were drawn to public attention when Carla Foster, a mother from Staffordshire, was sentenced to imprisonment after it was found that she lied to abortion provider BPAS to obtain abortion drugs well past the legal limit for abortion. Her daughter Lily was born dead at 32-34 weeks’ gestation.

In recent months, we have seen how this policy allows the horrific abuse of women and babies. In December 2024, Norfolk man Stuart Worby was jailed for 12 years for giving his pregnant partner abortion pills (obtained by another woman using the policy) resulting in the death of her 15 week old baby.

This dangerous policy needs to end.

In this Parliament, we are lobbying MPs to call for a review of this policy.

Take Action

Here are two ways you can take action on this campaign:

Sign our petition

Write to your MP

See below for tools and guidance to help you take these actions effectively.

Sign the Petition

Please sign our petition “Stop poisonous pills-by-post scheme!” hosted by CitizenGo.

Write to your MP

Please use our tool to contact your MP, asking them to call for a review of the pills-by-post policy.

The tool has some template text, linking to a briefing for MPs, but please add your own thoughts and concerns about the pills-by-post policy. You can use our briefing Justice for Baby Lily, and this case study of the Worby case.