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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 1009-2021
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 3rd December 2021 as follows:
For each of the calendar years 2015 to 2020, and for 2021 to date, please tell me:
In addition, for each of the cases recorded by police, please provide an anonymised copy of the crime report. This could detail allegations relating to abortions involving drugs ordered online, suspicious stillbirths or suspected abortions conducted after the legal limit, for instance.
Please see the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Response: Please be advised that searches were conducted for all offences relating to abortion, which are represented by the following Home Office offence codes:
14/1 – Administering drugs or using instruments to procure abortion - Offences against the Person Act 1861, Sec 58 as amended by Abortion Act 1967.
14/2 - Procuring drugs etc. to cause abortion. Offences against the Person Act 1861 Sec 59.
I can advise that these searches returned zero results for all years.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB