The drugs will be used at Medical Council of Thailand-registered obstetrics clinics, which suggests that abortions are performed regularly at these clinics.
Meanwhile, a long-running Public Health Ministry survey of pregnant women attending public hospitals revealed that more than one quarter had abortions while in hospital.
It sounds like abortion is widespread in Thailand. Could it be one of those taboos that society as a whole turns a blind eye to? I think it must be, because I have never heard of any cases of people being arrested for giving abortions.