A WA parliamentary question requesting data on induced abortions in 2013, broken down by gestation period, age of the woman, and Ministerial Panel approvals. The answer provides the requested statistics from the Abortion Notification System.

AnsweredQoN 850Legislative Council
Asked
11 March 2014
Portfolio
Health

QuestionView source ↗

For the calendar year from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013, what was the number of: (a) induced abortions; (b) induced abortions over 12 weeks gestation; (c) induced abortions for women under the age of 20; (d) approvals given by the Ministerial Panel for abortions at 20 weeks gestation or later; and (e) induced abortions at 20 weeks gestation or later?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
8 April 2014
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
28 days
The following responses were provided from the WA Department of Health collection, Abortion Notification System for the calendar year 2013:
(a) 8,464
(b) 660
(c) 1,056
(d) 73
(e) 48

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