To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) reports and (b) studies on post-abortion syndrome have been considered by his Department since January 2006; and if he will make a statement. (190792)

The Department considered all of the information on the issue of the mental health risks of induced abortion which was submitted to the recent House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry on the scientific developments relating to the Abortion Act 1967.

We have commissioned the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to review all evidence relating to induced abortion, to update its 2004 clinical guideline on “The Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion”.