Abortion

(asked on 23rd June 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions conducted on the grounds of disabilities which were rectifiable were performed after 24 weeks' gestation in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013; what each disability was in each case; and if he will make a statement.


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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 30th June 2014

Medical conditions are coded using the International Classification for Diseases 2010 codes (ICD10). This classification does not split those diseases that are rectifiable from those that are not.

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