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Abortion: Sex Selection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with abortion practitioners to discuss what steps they are taking to prevent abortions taking place on the basis of sex.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
9 Jan 2026
Target answer date
13 Jan 2026
Answer
22 Jan 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with abortion practitioners to discuss what steps they are taking to prevent abortions taking place on the basis of sex.

  2. 13 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Department’s guidance, which was issued on 23 May 2014, states clearly that abortion on the grounds of sex alone is illegal. Sex is not itself a lawful ground for termination of pregnancy in England and Wales under the Abortion Act.Whilst we have not ...

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