Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 100516
Abortion
Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 6 January 2026
Question
Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party — Upper Bann
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impacts of the decriminalisation of abortion on (a) clinical safeguards, (b) informed consent procedures, (c) access to alternative support
Answer
Karin SmythThe House of Commons has voted to add a clause to the Crime and Policing Bill which disapplies the criminal offences related to abortion for a woman acting in relation to her own pregnancy. These offences would still apply to medical professionals and thi...
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