Tag: Joe Benton

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Joe Benton on 2014-07-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department’s publication, Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2013, published in June 2014, which method of stopping the fetal heart besides feticide is referred to in paragraph 2.25.

Jane Ellison

No other such method is referred to or required as the publication refers to cases where the procedure is undertaken under general anaesthesia i.e. patient and fetus are anaesthetised.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Joe Benton on 2014-07-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women who underwent an abortion in 2013 had previously had an ectopic pregnancy.

Jane Ellison

Information on women who had an abortion and had previously had an ectopic pregnancy is not available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Joe Benton on 2014-07-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, With reference to the findings of his Department’s Abortion Statistics 2013, published in June 2014, paragraph 2.4, that 81 per cent of abortions in that year were carried out for single women, if he will take steps to reduce the abortion rate by encouraging couples to stay together.

Jane Ellison

51% of the women classified as “single” in Abortion Statistics 2013 were in a relationship but not married or in a civil partnership.

More broadly, the Government’s Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in England (March 2013) highlights the importance of building knowledge and resilience amongst young people so they have the confidence and emotional resilience to understand the benefits of loving, healthy relationships and delaying sex.