ena miller reports.england, women who want to end a pregnancy before ten weeks have to take two pills up to 48 hours apart and at a clinic. but some people, like zoe, have experienced bleeding and cramping on their way home. it was so traumatic and so unexpected, the pain and nausea was so extreme that i had to get off the tube, i lay down on a bench and basically just decided that i wasn't going to move any further. 180,000 women have an abortion each year in england, and four out of five of those early medical terminations. the department of health says, by the end of the year, it will allow women to take the second pill in the familiar surroundings of their own home. but abortion has been legal for many years — why has the decision happened now? this tiny change has taken so long because ministers and civil servants, i think, have exaggerated, they have an exaggerated sense of what the opposition to abortion is. most people, even if they don't like the idea of abortion, recognise that it's legal and i

ena miller reports. at the moment in england, women who want to end a pregnancy before ten weeks have to take two pills up to 48 hours apart and at a clinic. but some people, like zoe, have experienced bleeding and cramping on their way home. it was so traumatic and so unexpected, the pain and nausea was so extreme that i had to get off the tube, i lay down on a bench and basically just decided that i wasn't going to move any further. changes to the law will help minimise the stress. the department of health says, by the end of the year, it will allow women to take the second pill in the familiar surroundings of their own home. but abortion has been legal for many years — why has the decision happened now? this tiny change has taken so long because ministers and civil servants, i think, have exaggerated, they have an exaggerated sense of what the opposition to abortion is. most people, even if they don't like the idea of abortion, recognise that it's legal and it should be allowed as safely as possible.

ena miller reports. at the moment in england, women who want to end a pregnancy before ten weeks have to take two pills up to 48 hours apart and at a clinic. but some people, like zoe, have experienced bleeding and cramping on their way home. it was so traumatic and so unexpected, the pain and nausea was so extreme that i had to get off the tube, i lay down on a bench and basically just decided that i wasn't going to move any further. changes to the law will help minimise the stress. the department of health says, by the end of the year, it will allow women to take the second pill in the familiar surroundings of their own home. but abortion has been legal for many years — why has the decision happened now? this tiny change has taken so long because ministers and civil servants, i think, have exaggerated, they have an exaggerated sense of what the opposition to abortion is. most people, even if they don't like the idea of abortion, recognise that it's legal and it should be allowed as safely as possible.

ena miller reports.t the moment in england, women who want to end a pregnancy before ten weeks have to take two pills up to 48 hours apart and at a clinic. but some people, like zoe, have experienced bleeding and cramping on their way home. it was so traumatic and so unexpected, the pain and nausea was so extreme that i had to get off the tube, i lay down on a bench and basically just decided that i wasn't going to move any further. changes to the law will help minimise the stress. the department of health says, by the end of the year, it will allow women to take the second pill in the familiar surroundings of their own home. but abortion has been legal for many years — why has the decision happened now? this tiny change has taken so long because ministers and civil servants, i think, have exaggerated, they have an exaggerated sense of what the opposition to abortion is. most people, even if they don't like the idea of abortion, recognise that it's legal and it should be allowed as safely as possible. 18