General Article What the statistics tell us

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Where do abortion statistics come from?

Each year, the Department of Health (DH) collects statistics for abortions carried out in England and Wales. The statistics are taken from the abortion notification forms (HSA4), which all doctors are legally obliged to fill out. Official statistics have been gathered since 1968, when abortion was first legally available in England and Wales.
Abortion is not legal in Northern Ireland, except in very exceptional circumstances.
The DH statistics include al...

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