Abortion services available by phone for some New Zealanders during lockdown
(WorldNews New Zealand)

Some women can now access early abortion services without leaving home during lockdown, due to a law change that came into play just days before the country moved into Covid-19 alert level four. Woman on cellphone. Source: istock.com By Susan Strongman of rnz.co.nz With an in-depth telephone consultation, a doctor could determine whether a person qualified for an early medical abortion, acquire informed consent and offer counselling, said Dr Helen Paterson, chair of the Abortion Providers Group Aotearoa New Zealand. `Provided people fit the criteria to be able to have a safe early medical abortion... then we could actually just send them the [tablets in a] courier package,`...