Pro-life MPs have called for reform of the abortion law after new statistics showed that babies born at 23 weeks have a one-in-three chance of survival.
The 23-week survival rate in England and Wales was 23 per cent in 2010 and fell to 20 per cent in 2011, but has since risen, calling into question the current abortion limit in England, Wales and Scotland of 24 weeks.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in 2014, 33 per cent of babies born at 23 weeks reached their first birthday. Survival for babies born at 24 weeks also improved.
