§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been for illegal abortion during each of the past five years; and how many convictions were obtained.
§ Miss BaconIn the Criminal Statistics the offences of procuring an abortion-Section 58 of the Offences against the Person Act, 1861—and of supplying or procuring poison or instruments for the purpose of an abortion—Section 59 of the Act of 1861—are grouped together. The number of persons proceeded against and the numbers of persons convicted for these offences are given in the table below for the years 1960 to 1964. The figures for 1965 are not yet available.
Year Number of persons proceeded against Number of persons convicted 1960 56 42 1961 58 55 1962 88 82 1963 65 54 1964 80 63