TY - JOUR T1 - Books: <em>Early Medical Abortion, Equality of Access, and the Telemedical Imperative</em> JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 78 LP - 78 DO - 10.3399/bjgp22X718445 VL - 72 IS - 715 AU - Andrew Papanikitas Y1 - 2022/02/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/72/715/78.abstract N2 - Jordan A Parsons, Elizabeth Chloe Romanis Oxford University Press, 2021, PB, 240pp, £39.99, 978-0192896155As its title implies, Early Medical Abortion, Equality of Access, and the Telemedical Imperative, is not intended for the casual reader, though this can be debated.It is an exploration of both early medical abortion and telemedicine through the lenses of clinical evidence, social developments, and legal policy, focusing on the UK and US. In this book Parsons and Romanis start from a position of abortion being lawful in at least some circumstances (this being the case in the UK and in the US), and of early medical abortion using mifepristone and misoprostol in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy being an approved method.They develop the arguments for telemedical early medical abortion (abortion induced by means of medication in the first trimester of pregnancy, where the part or all of the consultation are conducted by an audio or video call) as an additional service alongside in-person provision. They are open about their pro-choice position and their support … ER -