Dr. Gilda Sedgh:

I might add that in the evidence that I presented and also in evidence in the paper, which goes beyond what I presented, on reasons women have abortions, including in countries where testing and diagnostic services are available, for example, Belgium, the United States, Sweden and a couple of other European countries which I will not attempt to list as I do not wish to identify them incorrectly, fewer than 5% of women who have an abortion indicate that fatal foetal impairment is the reason they are having an abortion. It is still not one of the more common reasons, even where the necessary services are available.

With respect to men forcing their partners to have abortions, I am not aware of any kind of systematic or large-scale evidence to that effect. I imagine that anecdotal evidence along those lines exists but I cannot speak to it.