Prescription abortion pills in the absence on a government license could become illegal for Dutch women if an amendment of the law is passed. Campaigners say it would be a violation of women's rights. The health minister of the Netherlands, Edith Schippers, proposes in a letter to the parliament to heavily limit the period of time in which doctors can carry out the medical procedure. She added, however, that the pill, which triggers miscarriage in the very early stages of pregnancy, should be available through family doctors.