Mr. John David Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the estimated number of women from Northern Ireland who have had to go elsewhere in the United Kingdom for abortions in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe number of terminations performed for Northern Ire land residents elsewhere to the United Kingdom, is as follows:
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1973 to 1982 Year Numbers 1973 1,007 1974 1,093 1975 1,115 1976 1,142 1977 1,246 1978 1,316 1979 1,426 1980 1,566 1981 1,447 *1982 1,510 * Provisional
§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women have died as a direct result of abortions in England and Wales in each of the years since 1972; and how many women died as a direct result of abortions per 1,000 abortions performed in each of these years.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe table gives the numbers of deaths following legal abortions and rates per 1,000 legal abortions to residents of England and Wales.
1972 to 1982 Year Number Rates 1972 9 0.08 1973 4 0.04 1974 6 0.05 1975 5 0.05 1976 1 0.01 1977 4 0.04 1978 5 0.04 1979 2 0.02 1980 1 0.01 1981 1 0.01 1982 2 0.02