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Question for Department of Health

UIN HL3679, tabled on 29 November 2016

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have reviewed the compatibility of section 1(1)(d) of the Abortion Act 1967 with Article 5 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Answered on

13 December 2016

The Department has reviewed and is satisfied that section 1(1)(d) of the Abortion Act is compatible with Article 5 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.