Abortion - Women in Wales routinely sent to England for treatment

A woman who had to travel from Wales to England for an abortion says it made her experience more traumatic.

Katie, 35 and from Cardiff, was thrilled to be pregnant with her first child, but a routine scan found a significant abnormality meaning her baby could not survive.

An abortion locally would have involved giving birth in a labour ward full of mothers and newborn babies, and Katie had to travel over the border for a surgical procedure.

In Wales, most health boards refer women needing surgical abortions after 18 weeks for treatment in England.