Legislative text - Law relating to termination of pregnancy by registered medical practitioners
Abortion Act 1967
1 Medical termination of pregnancy.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a person shall not be guilty of an offence under
the law relating to abortion when a pregnancy is terminated by a registered medical
practitioner if two registered medical practitioners are of the opinion, formed in good
faith—
a) 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; or
(b) that the termination is necessary to prevent grave permanent injury to the
physical or mental health of the pregnant woman; or
(c) that the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk to the life of the
pregnant woman, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated; or
(d) that 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.
