HC Deb 17 October 1968 vol 770 c171W
Mr. David Steel

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have taken place in England and Wales under the Abortion Act, 1967.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

There were no prosecutions under Section 2(3) of the Abortion Act, 1967 in the period from 27th April, 1968, when the Act came into force, to 31st July, 1968, the latest date for which statistics are available.