Diane Abbott
Shadow Minister (Public Health)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what medical evidence his Department holds which supports a reduction in the period of time within which an abortion may lawfully be carried out.
Anna Soubry
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
The Department keeps the international evidence on this issue under review. Decisions on changing the law on abortion are a matter for Parliament, as it is established practice that any proposals to change the law on abortion come from backbench members and are made on the basis of free votes.
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