Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 86331

Abortion: Decriminalisation

Tabled: 29 October 2025

Answered: 21 November 2025

Question

Carla Lockhart

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of decriminalising abortion on (a) levels of public confidence in the protection of unborn children and (b) societal attitudes towards the value

Answer

Karin Smyth

No assessment has been made. It is for Parliament to decide the circumstances under which abortions should take place. As with other matters of conscience, abortion is an issue on which the Government adopts a neutral stance and allows hon. Members to vot...

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