Written question asked by John Hayes (Conservative) on Friday, 30 October 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 3 November 2020. It was answered by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Tuesday, 1 December 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Foetuses: Pain
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the research entitled Reconsidering fetal pain, published in the Journal for Medical Ethics in January 2020.
- Answer
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The Department does not set clinical practice. To support clinical practice, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has considered the issue of fetal pain and awareness in its guideline on Fetal Awareness: Review of Research and Recommendations for Practice, published in March 2010.
The Department has brought the article to the attention of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. It is for the Royal College to consider whether to revise the guidelines, having looked at the available evidence.
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- 2019-21
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- Pain Foetuses
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