Phone abortion service popular with rural women

A new telephone abortion service that allows women to bypass their GP has been inundated with requests, particularly from women in rural areas. The Tabbot Foundation received more than 2500 enquiries in the first two days after launching in September, says medical director Dr Paul Hyland. And the service continues to receive about 50 enquiries a day, with the number steadily growing. The foundation, which mails out mifepristone (RU486) and misoprostol to eligible women, has been clamouring to hire more staff in order to respond to the demand. "We just couldn't cope at first," Dr Hyland told Rural Doctor. Initially, some women had to be turned away and redirected to their nearest bricks-and-mortar abortion provider, he said. "We're able to cope now, not because the enquiries...

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