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<p>The UK&#8217;s biggest abortion provider has asked the High Court to interpret the law in line with modern science and make it easier for women to complete terminations at home.</p>
<p>The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) urged a judge to rule that the 1967 Abortion Act allows women to take the second dose of tablets for an early medical abortion (EMA) without having to visit medical premises.</p>
<p>At present, the first and second dose must be taken in a clinic or hospital under supervision. Most women go straight home after the second dose.</p>
<p>Nathalie Lieven QC, appearing for BPAS, argued that &#8220;medical science has moved on a great deal&#8221; and it is safe for women actually to self-administer the second dose at home.</p>
<p>Ms Lieven asked Mr Justice Supperstone, sitting at London&#8217;s High Court, to rule against Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, who says that the law requires all tablets to be administered on clinical premises.</p>
<p>BPAS says the UK should follow other countries, including the US, France and Sweden, in allowing women to safely complete their terminations without repeated visits to a clinic.</p>
<p>Pro-life campaigners say BPAS&#8217;s intention is to make abortion &#8220;little more than a pill-popping exercise&#8221;.</p>
<p>The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has been given permission to intervene in the case and put its views to the judge.</p>
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