§ 57. Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Scotland of the total number of abortions notified to him in the year since the Abortion Act, 1967, came into effect, how many were carried out on patients in the 25th, 26th and 27th weeks of pregnancy, respectively.
§ Mr. MillanI regret that detailed statistics for the full year are not yet available. In the period 27th April to 31st December, 1968, of the 1,537 abortion operations performed in Scotland, one was carried out on a patient estimated to be in the 25th, and one 255W estimated to be in the 26th week of pregnancy. No such operations were carried out on patients estimated to be in the 27th week of pregrancy.