HC Deb 18 July 1986 vol 101 c666W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many abortions were performed in the United Kingdom in 1975 and 1985.

Mr. Hayhoe

The numbers of notifications of legal abortions carried out under the Abortion Act 1967 in the United Kingdom in 1975 and 1985 were 147,029 and 180,983 respectively. The Act does not apply in Northern Ireland.