Late term abortions
Mark Wong made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
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From: Mark Wong
Dear Ministry of Health,
Section 21 of the Abortion Legislation Act 2020 states that abortion for the sole purpose of sex selection is opposed by Parliament. A review is due after 5 years, and therefore data on this must be monitored.
Have any abortions been carried out for the sole purpose of sex selection since the introduction of the act?
Since the introduction of the act how many abortions have been carried out at 20 weeks or more?
Of those abortions, how many were carried out because of unacceptable risk to the life of the mother?
Yours faithfully,
Mark Wong
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theresa left an annotation ()
It would be helpful to know if the 7 requests for abortion due to sex selection resulted in 7 live births.
Billie left an annotation ()
Also trying to find out how many babies are born alive and left to die.
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Angela left an annotation ()
How absolutely horrifying that 244 women took this decision at this stage of the wee babies life.
20weeks or more?
Horrific.
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