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Written question asked by Fiona Bruce (Conservative) on Thursday, 14 December 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 December 2017. It was answered by Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 December 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Mental Health: Women

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the mental health of women of (a) experiencing an unplanned pregnancy and birth and (b) having an abortion.

Answer

The Department commissioned a multi-professional review of abortion and mental health following a recommendation from the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee in 2007. The report of the evidence-based review, Induced Abortion and Mental Health: A Systematic Review of the Mental Health Outcomes of Induced Abortion, including their prevalence and associated factors, was published in December 2011.

A copy of the review report is available at:

http://www.aomrc.org.uk/publications/reports-guidance/induced-abortion-mental-health-1211/


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
119781
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Abortion Women Mental health Pregnancy Childbirth
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk