HC Deb 06 July 1978 vol 953 c253W
55. Sir G. Sinclair

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many of the 16 deaths in approximately 470,000 abortions performed in the period 1973 to 1975 and from 1973 to any later available date were in National Health Service abortions.

Mr. Moyle

The numbers of deaths reported with abortion notifications in England and Wales in recent years were as follows:

Deaths following abortion
in NHS not in NHS
1973 4 2
1974 5 2
1975 2 1
1976 1
1977 (provisional) 6