Abortion
(asked on 13th October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortion-related complications have occurred at clinics run by (a) the British Pregnancy Advisory Service and (b) Marie Stopes International in each year since 2015.
The information requested is set out in the following tables:
Number of abortions by provider for England and Wales residents: 2011 to 2016
| British Pregnancy Advisory Service | Marie Stopes International |
2011 | 53,028 | 54,105 |
2012 1 | 55,522 | 54,982 |
2013 | 55,261 | 57,542 |
2014 | 56,847 | 57,633 |
2015 | 57,699 | 60,670 |
2016 | 60,896 | 59,685 |
Note:
1 Figures for 2012 have been estimated, due to missing clinic information.
Number of abortions with complications by provider for England and Wales residents: 2015 to 2016
| Number of procedures with a complication1 | |
| 2015 | 2016 |
British Pregnancy Advisory Service | 2 | 2 |
Marie Stopes International | 4 | 15 |
Note:
1 Complications include: haemorrhage, uterine perforation and/or sepsis and are those reported up to the time of discharge from the place of termination.