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, ...