Member

The Bill tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, seeks to ensure that we have the most accurate data on the complications around abortions. The issue has been raised as to why it is specifically about abortion, and the noble Lord clearly indicated that one of the major problems we have at present is that the ANS figures are out of date. They are not fit for purpose, because they do not operate to collect all the data. An enormous gap—or, at least, a level of gap—was highlighted by the OHID report in 2023, because of the changing situation with how abortions are carried out. That means, frankly, that we do not know how reliable the current data is.