§ Mr. Altonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has concerning the number of abortions performed within the Mersey regional health authority in each of the years since the implementation of the Abortion Act 1967 upon women who are normally resident in Northern Ireland; and if he will state for each of those years the numbers of those abortions which were performed in emergency to save the life of the mother.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information is given in the table. None of these abortions was notified as having been performed in emergency to save the life of the pregnant woman. The Liverpool hospital region is not conterminous with the Mersey regional health authority.
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Number of notifications of legal abortions carried out under the Abortion Act 1967 to women usually resident in Northern Ireland, performed within the Mersey/Liverpool Health area 1968–85 Area of Termination Year Number of Notifications Liverpool Hospital Region 1968 —
Area of Termination Year Number of Notifications 1969 — 1970 2 1971 22 1972 168 1973 487 Mersey Regional Health Authority 1974 656 1975 606 1976 529 1977 496 1978 485 1979 538 1980 595 1981 383 1982 317 1983 463 1984 374 1985 390
§ Mr. Altonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has concerning the number of abortions which have been performed in each regional health authority in the last year for which figures are available upon women who are normally resident in Northern Ireland; and how many of these abortions in each case were performed in emergency to save the life of the mother.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information is given in the table. None of these abortions was notified as having been performed in emergency to save the life of the pregnant woman.
Number of notifications of legal abortions carried out under the Abortion Act 1967 to women usually resident in Northern Ireland, by Regional Health Authority (RHA) of termination, 1985 England & Wales Area of termination Number of notifications Wales — Northern RHA — Yorkshire and Humberside RHA 20 Trent RHA — East Anglian RHA — North West Thames RHA 675 North East Thames RHA 197 South East Thames RHA 87 South West Thames RHA 39 Wessex RHA 5 Oxford RHA — South Western RHA — West Midlands RHA 144 Mersey RHA 390 North Western RHA 81