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Abortion

Volume 885: debated on Wednesday 5 February 1975

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asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of deaths in Wales in each of the last 10 years from criminal abortion.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total number of abortion deaths in Wales in each of the last 20 years.

The figures are as follows:

19545
19559
19563
19576
19585
19592
19601
19614
19622
19634
19645
19651
19661
19670
19682
19691
19703
19711
19723
19732

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total number of abortions notified in respect of women resident in Wales in each of the last 10 years.

Notification of abortions was introduced after the Abortion Act 1967. The figures since then are as follows:

19681,012 (from 27th April)
19692,530
19703,835
19714,798
19725,222
19735,116

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of discharges from hospital in Wales after septic abortion in each of the last 10 years.

Precise figures are not available, but during the six years 1967–72 it is estimated that about 360 women were discharged from hospitals in Wales with a principal diagnosis of abortion and with a mention of sepsis. Information is not available for earlier years.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many abortions have been carried out in Wales on women not usually resident within the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of prosecutions for criminal abortion in Wales in each of the last 10 years.