Chapter 5 Key facts checklists

Abortion is a contentious area of medical law and generates protracted and polarised ethical debate.
Abortion is a criminal offence under the Offences against the Person Act 1861.
The Abortion Act 1967 provides defences for doctors who act in accordance with the Abortion Act 1967 in certain circumstances.
Actions for prenatal harm fall under the headings of wrongful birth, wrongful conception, prenatal injury, and wrongful life.