The law allows for abortions due to "risk of injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman or any existing children of her family (up to a term

The law allows for abortions due to "risk of injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman or any existing children of her family (up to a term limit of 24 weeks of gestation)" And to quote this (correct) wikipedia entry: "The third ground [the one I quoted above in this comment] is typically interpreted liberally with regards to mental health to create a de facto state of abortion on demand, and nearly all abortions—98% in 2019 and 2020—are performed to protect the woman's mental health". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_Kingdom Maybe it would be better to legally enshrine it as "on demand", but every woman I know in England who either has had an abortion or thought about the possibility of maybe needing one, currently considers it to be on demand.