This is one of the greatest crimes of our times.
50 years ago I was born with 26 weeks.., but nowadays foetus with 26 weeks are killed.
This is beyond belief.
I am against abortion and I always.
Human beings should not have the right to take the life of other humans.

peter42y, lisbon, portugal

This is a major step forward, because the pill is the quickest, safest and most cost-effective method under nine weeks.

Dave, Southampton, UK

Brien, that's not really the issue in this article. The fact is that doctors are not convinced that this will actually be a safe option in case emergency treatment is necessary, and for a bunch of bureaucrats to come up with these suggestions without the advice of doctors is, quite frankly, absurd.

Emily, Cambridge,

At last. Abortions available to those who need them, with the minimum of fuss. About time. Now perhaps some equality can be brought to this matter, and all the drama taken out of it. This is not a complicated issue. It is not a moral issue. It is not a religious issue. It is an issue about women who do not want to have a baby for whatever reason, having the means to do something about it safely, and legally.

Zarich, London, UK

Julie if you don't have anything worth saying don't say it, it just makes you look stupid. Infact ask the state to sort it out for you eh???

Mark, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear

Abortion - legal or not - is ultimately murder. We need to help young people at a much earlier stage, to convince them that they have dignity and worth conferred by a loving God, so they don't feel compelled to follow their urges and surrender their bodies, unmarried, and at such young ages. We don't need more sex education: we need a revolution of love, not sex.

We literally threw the baby out with the bathwater when we decided to ditch God and Jesus Christ from our lives - often because they were misrepresented as judgmental spoilsports! God forgive us for failing to transmit the reality of His love to young people today.

And here's good news for any of you reading this that may have fallen into premarital sex or abortion: there is forgiveness and cleansing available to all who are truly sorry and want to live differently. Just ask Jesus (it's called prayer).

Mary Ann King, Taunton,

Great news. Anything that helps to reduce this ridiculously over-congested, resource-drained, environmentally devastated world has to be a good thing and can't come soon enough.

A very welcome development. Let's all hope that the trials are a complete success and the proposals are rolled out to all GP surgeries.

I know this is not the sort of thing that the pro-life brigade would want to hear but what is the alternative exactly? At the end of the day no one wants 200,000 unwanted children being born each year. Especially if the parents are being as feckless and irresponsible as the moralist claim. Forcing these parents to have unwanted children against their will won't help anybody or society as was pointed by the book Freakonomics.

Who would actually pay for them? Which political party is going to increase the tax burden for the state-sponsored orphanages that would be necessary to accommodate this many consumers? The Tories?

Abortion is here to stay.

Deal with it.

Jason Mead, Bristol, England

Absolutely horrifying can be the only reaction. It now makes the promotion of death as routine as going to the doctor if you have a cold or flu. Whether you agree or disagree with abortion in principle, most people agree that abortion is a very last step and should not be a form of contraception. This is another slip down the road of trivialising human life. Hopefully doctors, nurses and practices will have the power to opt out freely and without pressure from turning their Hippocratic Oath on its head.

JJ, Epsom, Surrey

Mark - go and have a lie down somewhere before you hurt yourself love...

Julie, Bradford, England

WHAT IS WRONG WITH WOMAN. Why does the state have to intervene in this way with their lives. Do they not know what contraception is? I was under the impression that they where more educated than men. What a crock this whole Feminism things have been. I for one thought it would have made our lives better not worse. Women have lowered their standards not brought mens up to theirs. What a missed opportunity. What next will they have to be breath tested before a man can talk to them just in case?? I am sure the state would love that send them out with a warning sticker.

Mark, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear

It was obvious that the anti-abortion lobby would have something to say about allowing abortions to be performed in a hospital, but to claim it might ' jeapodise womens health', is ridiculous.
What do they want - a return to the back street abortionists who mutilated girls on a kitchen table?

GJB, Slough, BERKSHIRE

Brien - I am an animal loving vegetarian too but what does that have to do with being 'morally compelled' to oppose abortions?!

Freya M, London,

As an animal loving vegetarian I am morally compelled to oppose abortion. However, a woman should not be deemed a criminal is she has one. This is an extremely complex and sensitive issue.

Brien Comerford, Glenview, United States