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Written question asked by Fiona Bruce (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 December 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 December 2020 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 7 December 2020. A substantive answer was provided by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Monday, 14 December 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Foetuses: Pain

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2019 to Question 269708, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' steps to prevent foetal pain since July 2019.

Answer

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 guidelines on ‘The Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion’ and ‘Fetal Awareness: Review of Research and Recommendations for Practice’, which are available at the following links:

https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/abortion-guideline_web_1.pdf

https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/rcogfetalawarenesswpr0610.pdf


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
124159
Session
2019-21
Related items
Abortion
Monday, 1 July 2019
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Abortion Pain Analgesics Foetuses
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk