§ Mrs. Ann WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total number of abortions which have now been performed under the provisions of the Abortion Acts; and how many and what percentage of those abortions were performed in emergency to save the life of the mother.
§ Mr. SackvilleA total of 3,591,618 legal abortions have been notified to the chief medical officers of England and Wales under the provisions of the Abortion Act 1967—this covers the period from the time when the Act came into force on 27 April 1968 until 31 March 1992, the latest date for which figures, provisional, are available. Of these, 136 —0.004 per cent.—were performed in emergency "to save the life of the pregnant woman".