Abortion: Tarsal Coalition

(asked on 10th February 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many abortions took place after the diagnosis of Tarsal coalition in each of the last 10 years; and at what weeks gestation those abortions took place.


Answered by
Caroline Dinenage Portrait
Caroline Dinenage
This question was answered on 13th February 2020

The number of legal abortions which took place in England and Wales where Down’s Syndrome was mentioned as a medical condition on the HSA4 abortion form in each of the last 10 years by week of gestation is attached. Information on abortions for club foot, hammer toe or tarsal coalition is not held in the format requested.

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