Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 100517

Abortion

Tabled: 16 December 2025

Answered: 6 January 2026

Question

Carla Lockhart

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the 24-week abortion gestational limit in light of recent scientific evidence on foetal pain and advances in neonatal care.

Answer

Karin Smyth

There are no plans for the Government to review the gestational limits of abortion. It is for Parliament to decide whether to make any changes to the law on abortion, including gestational time limits.When the time limit was last reduced in 1990, there wa...

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