Abortion

(asked on 24th June 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were performed in each of the last five years; and how many and what proportion of such procedures were performed (a) to save the life of the mother and (b) in cases of rape.


Answered by
 Portrait
Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 1st July 2014

The number of abortions performed under ground A (section 1(1)(c) of the 1967 Abortion Act, the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk to the life of the pregnant woman greater than if the pregnancy were terminated) and under ground F (section 1(4), to save the life of the pregnant women) for 2009-2013, resident in England and Wales is shown in the attached table.

Information about abortions due to rape is not collected by the Department.

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