Abortion
(asked on 15th March 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many abortions took place in 2014 at 23 weeks' gestation and above.
This question was answered on 22nd March 2016
In 2014, there were 682 abortions performed at 23 weeks gestation and above for residents of England and Wales. Abortions where gestation has exceeded its 24th week account for less than 0.1% of the overall total number of abortions for 2014 for England and Wales.