To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department has (a) issued and (b) plans to issue during the next 12 months on the definition of a serious handicap as grounds for an abortion; and if he will make a statement.
The Department has commissioned the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to review its guideline 'Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Abnormality' (January 1996).
The revised guideline should be completed by autumn 2009.
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