Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2019 to Question 252573, whether that his Department has taken steps to check the scientific veracity of the new Abortion and Abortion Care Factsheet for schools.

The Abortion and Abortion Care Fact Sheet for schools was produced and published by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare. The contents of the factsheet were developed by the RCOG in line with the latest evidence on abortion care. The College is best placed to determine the scientific veracity of the information it contains.