Written questions

Abortion: Convictions and Prosecutions

Commons · Question 57214 · Tabled 4 Jun 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 9 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) charges have been brought, (b) prosecutions there have been and (c) convictions there have been for unlawful abortions in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 9 Jun 2025

All women in England and Wales should have access to safe, regulated abortions on the NHS under our current laws. It is for Parliament to decide the circumstances under which abortions should take place, allowing members to vote according to their moral, ...