General practitioners can now prescribe the abortion pill to unwanted pregnant women. The Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that makes it possible. Until now, the pill had to be requested from an abortion clinic.
It is the second amendment to the abortion law, which dates back to 1984, in a short time. Earlier this year, parliament abolished the mandatory five-day cooling-off period.
Only PVV, Forum for Democracy, ChristenUnie, SGP and a member of the Nanninga group voted against on Tuesday. All other parties in the Senate were in favor of the proposal by PvdA, GroenLinks, VVD and D66. The House of Representatives previously voted in favor of the proposal.
The initiators of the legislative amendment believe it is important that there is more freedom of choice for women. Now they still have to go to one of the current sixteen abortion clinics to terminate the pregnancy. In some parts of the Netherlands there is no clinic.
In future, the abortion pill will also be able to be prescribed by a family doctor for women who are up to nine weeks pregnant. This makes abortion care more accessible, according to advocates. However, it is up to the GP to decide if he wants to offer this assistance.
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