HC Deb 30 April 1976 vol 910 c206W
Sir Bernard Braine

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many abortions were carried out in each of the years 1973, 1974 and 1975 on married women and on single women, shown separately; how many of these abortions were carried out in National Health Service hospitals, clinics with charitable status, and independent clinics, respectively; how many were carried out on women with over four children; how many were carried out on medical grounds only; and how many were carried out on environmental and social grounds.

Dr. Owen

The available information is as follows: