MPs supported retaining the service by 215 votes to 188, majority 27 following a free vote.
30 March 2022
Women in England will have continued access to early abortion care at home after MPs supported a law change.
The Government changed the regulations during the first coronavirus lockdown in March 2020 in order to allow women to have medical abortions at home following a phone or video consultation.
But Health Secretary Sajid Javid later announced the temporary measure would end with the return to pre-Covid arrangements in August.
After peers voted to amend the Health and Care Bill to retain the at-home service, the Government then put forward its own amendment to allow the Commons a vote on the matter.
MPs supported retaining the service by 215 votes to 188, majority 27 following a free vote on Wednesday.
