United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 100517
Abortion
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16 December 2025
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6 January 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the 24-week abortion gestational limit in light of recent scientific evidence on foetal pain and advances in neonatal care.
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16 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the 24-week abortion gestational limit in light of recent scientific evidence on foetal pain and advances in neonatal care.
Source: Commons
6 January 2026
Answer
There are no plans for the Government to review the gestational limits of abortion. It is for Parliament to decide whether to make any changes to the law on abortion, including gestational time limits.When the time limit was last reduced in 1990, there wa...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-16/100517
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1864496
- uk · wq-1864496 · source updated 6 January 2026