United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 47575
Abortion: Analgesics
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5 September 2022
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21 September 2022 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing fetal pain relief during abortion procedures, in a similar way to that provided to fetuses in utero during open fetal surgery for
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5 September 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing fetal pain relief during abortion procedures, in a similar way to that provided to fetuses in utero during open fetal surgery for
Source: Commons
21 September 2022
Answer
The Department does not set clinical practice. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has considered the issue of fetal pain and awareness in its guidelines on ‘The Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion’ and ‘Fetal Awareness: Review of ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-05/47575
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1504960
- uk · wq-1504960 · source updated 21 September 2022