Dr. Patricia Lohr:

I am trained to provide surgical abortions to 24 weeks of gestation and I have provided abortions to 24 weeks of gestation for the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, BPAS. When I worked in a hospital setting, I provided abortions at later gestation, usually in the context of obstetrical emergencies. For example, this may have involved women with pre-term premature rupture of membranes and were septic or women with severe pre-eclampsia or eclampsia.