Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 100518

Abortion

Tabled: 16 December 2025

Answered: 6 January 2026

Question

Carla Lockhart

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to review the scope of statutory protections for healthcare professionals who conscientiously object to participating in abortion procedures.

Answer

Karin Smyth

There are no plans to review the scope of statutory protections for healthcare professionals who conscientiously object to participating in abortion procedures. In England and Wales the right to refuse to participate in terminations of pregnancy, other th...

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