Abortion: Northern Ireland
(asked on 7th November 2017) - View Source
Question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Written Statement of 23 October 2017, on equalities, HCWS192, how many women her Department estimates will travel from Northern Ireland to England for an abortion in the (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20 and (d) 2020-21 financial years.
This question was answered on 13th November 2017
During 2016 over 700 women from Northern Ireland travelled to England for an abortion. We expect this number to rise initially.