Professor Eva Pajkrt:

I do not think there is an after-care programme. There is one for Dutch women because they are referred back to the person who referred them to the abortion clinic in the first place. I know that of the women who go to an abortion clinic, 25% will address the abortion clinic directly. They will be referred back to their GP, who has to know that they have had an abortion. Sometimes they are referred back to the GP to discuss contraceptives. There is that kind of after-care but I am not sure about what is provided for foreign women. Generally, the women just go back to the country they are from and do not attend our services any more.