Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 16128

Abortion: Drugs

Tabled: 26 November 2024

Answered: 4 December 2024

Question

Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reversing whether the decision to allow women to take (a) mifepristone and (b) misoprostol at home to terminate a pregnancy.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Government has no plans to assess the potential merits of reversing the decision to allow women to take mifepristone and misoprostol at home to terminate a pregnancy. Abortion in England and Wales is governed by the Abortion Act 1967, which defines th...

ⓘ

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 16128) →