Abortion: Northern Ireland

(asked on 14th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the extension of the Government's Northern Ireland abortion scheme, whether the Government plans to cover the costs of minors resident in Northern Ireland to travel and procure abortions in England.


Answered by
Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait
Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 21st December 2017

The Government plans to ensure that arrangements for free travel for women, including minors, travelling to England from Northern Ireland to undergo an abortion will reflect the system which applies in England. Therefore, the arrangements to provide abortions in England for women from Northern Ireland will include travel and, where appropriate, accommodation for all those who meet the appropriate eligibility criteria. Under 16s can access sexual health care without parental consent, provided the criteria as set out in Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority (1985) are met.

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