Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 109137
Abortion and Infanticide: Sex Selection
Tabled: 28 January 2026
Answered: 5 February 2026
Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle sex-selective abortion and infanticide.
Answer
Karin SmythThe Department continues to work with providers to ensure abortions are only performed in accordance with the legal grounds set out by the Abortion Act. Sex is not itself a lawful ground for termination of pregnancy in England and Wales and it is illegal ...
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