Abortion Act 1967
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1967 c. 87 |
that the pregnancy has not exceeded its twenty-fourth week and that the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated, of injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman or any existing children of her family; orthat the termination is necessary to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman; orthat the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk to the life of the pregnant woman, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated; orthat there is a substantial risk that if the child were born it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped.(2) In determining whether the continuance of a pregnancy would involve such risk of injury to health as is mentioned in paragraph (a) F2or (b) of subsection (1) of this section, account may be taken of the pregnant woman’s actual or reasonably foreseeable environment.(3) Except as provided by F19subsections (3B) to (4) of this section, any treatment for the termination of pregnancy must be carried out in a hospital vested in F3the Secretary of State for the purposes of his functions under the F4National Health Service Act 2006 or the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 F5or in a hospital vested in F16...a National Health Service trustF6or an NHS foundation trust or in a place approved for the purposes of this section by the Secretary of Stateincludes power, in relation to treatment consisting primarily in the use of such medicines as may be specified in the approval and carried out in such manner as may be so specified, to approve a class of placesis not limited by subsections (3C) and (3D) .the treatment referred to in subsection (3) consists of the prescription and administration of medicine, andthe registered medical practitioner terminating the pregnancy is of the opinion, formed in good faith, that, if the medicine is administered in accordance with their instructions, the pregnancy will not exceed ten weeks at the time when the medicine is administered (or in the case of a course of medicine, when the first medicine in the course is administered) .(3C) If the usual place of residence of the registered medical practitioner terminating the pregnancy is in England or Wales, the medicine may be prescribed from that place by the registered medical practitioner.(3D) If the pregnant woman’s usual place of residence is in England or Wales and she has had a consultation (in person, by telephone or by electronic means) with a registered medical practitioner, registered nurse or registered midwife about the termination of the pregnancy, the medicine may be self-administered by the pregnant woman at that place.(4) Subsection (3) of this section, and so much of subsection (1) as relates to the opinion of two registered medical practitioners, shall not apply to the termination of a pregnancy by a registered medical practitioner in a case where he is of the opinion, formed in good faith, that the termination is immediately necessary to save the life or to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman.for requiring any such opinion as is referred to in section 1 of this Act to be certified by the practitioners or practitioner concerned in such form and at such time as may be prescribed by the regulations, and for requiring the preservation and disposal of certificates made for the purposes of the regulations;for requiring any registered medical practitioner who terminates a pregnancy to give notice of the termination and such other information relating to the termination as may be so prescribed;for prohibiting the disclosure, except to such persons or for such purposes as may be so prescribed, of notices given or information furnished pursuant to the regulations.(2) The information furnished in pursuance of regulations made by virtue of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this
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