Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 117021

Abortion: Drugs

Tabled: 2 March 2026

Answered: 23 March 2026

Question

Dr Caroline Johnson

Conservative — Sleaford and North Hykeham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many deaths there have been of (a) women, (b) babies and (c) stillbirths where the termination of pregnancy through pills-by-post has been considered a contributory factor.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The information requested is not routinely collected centrally.The Department collects information on abortions in England and Wales via the HSA4 abortion notification form. The HSA4 form includes a section for recording the death of a woman within 14 day...

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