Abortion

(asked on 15th October 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the commissioning by government departments of services from organisations which advise that gender abortion is not illegal; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 22nd October 2014

Guidance issued by the Department in May this year states the Department’s view that gender alone is not a lawful ground under the Abortion Act. The Department does not directly commission abortion services but approves independent sector places to perform abortion. All independent sector clinics, including the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), have confirmed that they will comply with the Department’s guidance and Required Standard Operating Procedures (RSOPs).

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