2022/25268 - FOI Abortion related crimes by females

REQUEST

 

I am writing to submit a request under the Freedom of Information Act for data on abortion-related crimes recorded by the police force between March 2014 and March 2022

 

Part 1

 

Please tell me how many females were investigated for abortion-related crimes under the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act during this time.

 

For each of these crimes I would also like the following specific information provided:

 

1. The subsection of the Act the female was investigated under ie:

 

1. Administering drugs or using instruments to procure an abortion, or
2. Procuring drugs/instruments to cause an abortion

 

 

2. Whether the female suspect was the pregnant party, and was thus investigated on suspicion of procuring or attempting to procure her own abortion

 

 

3. The ethnicity of the suspect

 

4. The age of the suspect

 

5. The month and year the offence was recorded

 

6. The outcome recorded (including no outcome recorded, where relevant)

 

 

 

Part 2

 

I would also like data on how many females were investigated for intentional destruction of a viable unborn child under the 1929 Infant Life (Preservation) Act. For these crimes, please tell me:

 

1. Whether the female suspect was the pregnant party, and was thus investigated on suspicion of destroying her own child

 

2. The ethnicity of the suspect

 

3. The age of the suspect

 

4. The month and year the offence was recorded

 

5. The outcome recorded (including no outcome recorded, where relevant)

 

Please provide the data in a machine readable format. I would suggest a spreadsheet with the following columns:

 

A - Month

B - Calendar year

C - Offence (eg administering drugs/instrument, procuring drugs/instrument, or child destruction)

D - Pregnant party (true or false)

E - Ethnicity

F - Age

G - Outcome

 

 

RESPONSE

Part 1 - There were no offences with the titles named above recorded from 2017 – 2022.

 

Part 2 – There were no offences with the title named above recorded from 2017 – 2022.