§ Dr. Stuttafordasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how long patients who had abortions between the 16th and 24th week of pregnancy have to wait for admission to hospital.
§ Mr. AlisonI regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Social Service how many married women had National Health Service abortions in England and Wales in 1970; and of these how many were also sterilised.
§ Mr. AlisonThe figures (married women resident in England and Wales) are 25,601 and 12,467.
§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in England and Wales had abortions with sterilisation and how many without sterilisation in 1970; and for each of these categories how many deaths were attributed to the operation, and how many to other causes.
§ Mr. AlisonThe figures are as follows:
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Women resident in England and Wales with without with sterilisation without sterilisation Legally induced abortions in 1970 13,946 62,016 Deaths attributed to the operation 5 6 Deaths attributed to other causes 3 —