Question requests data on specific complications arising from abortions after 20 weeks gestation between 2015 and August 2025. The answer states that the Public Health Act 2016 restricts the provision of this information.

AnsweredQoN 691Legislative Council
Asked
15 October 2025
Portfolio
Health

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I refer to the practice of abortion after 20 weeks of gestation, and I ask, for the period between 1 January 2015 and 31 August 2025, what was the total number of cases recorded for each of the following complications: (a) cervical laceration; (b) haemorrhage; (c) uterine perforation; (d) infection; (e) blood transfusion required; and (f) maternal mortality?

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Answered
18 November 2025
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health
Response time
8 days
(a)-(f)
The framework for the collection and disclosure of abortion information under the Public Health Act 2016 restricts the provision of this information.

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