Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics
Characteristics of women having induced abortion | Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics
1967: abortion is allowed (Abortion Act dated 17 October)
1990: Human Fertilization and Embryology Act
2018: Approval of home as a class of place for treatment for the Termination of Pregnancy, permitting self administration of misoprostol at home (Wales, no specified gestational limit (20 June); England, up to 9 weeks and 6 days from LMP (27 December))
Legal conditions
- Two registered medical practitioners must certify that the required medical grounds have been met.
Specific conditions for minors
- Parent’s (or guardian’s) consent required for minors under 18 only if minors do not meet criteria for able to give own consent.
Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics | Characteristics of women having induced abortion
Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics
Consent of 2 physicians required.
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SOURCES
Department of Health & Social Care (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/768059/Approval_of_home_use_for_the_second_stage_of_early_medical_abortion.pdf)
Welsh government (https://gov.wales/docs/legislation/inforcenonsi/nationalhealth/2018direct56-en.pdf)
IPPF European Network – Updated January 2012 (http://www.ippfen.org/)
Department of Health (http://www.dh.gov.uk/)
National statistics, Department of Health (Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2017)
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/abortion-statistics-for-england-and-wales-2018
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/bulletins/birthsummarytablesenglandandwales/2018#the-number-of-births-crude-birth-and-total-fertility-rates-decreased-in-2018
Office for National Statistics https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/vitalstatisticspopulationandhealthreferencetables
We thank Dr. Sharon CAMERON for her help in data collection.
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