Question NW1857 to the Minister of Health
03 June 2022 - NW1857
Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Health
(1)What (a) total number of teenage abortions and/or terminations of teenage pregnancy have been performed at each public healthcare facility in each province (i) in the (aa) 2019-20 and (bb) 2021-22 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2022 and (b) is the breakdown in terms of age; (2) what number of the abortions were performed as a result of (a) sexual assault and/or rape and (b) any other specified reasons?
Reply:
Honourable Member, this information can only be made available by sourcing it from all provinces, it is not readily available at the National Department of Health (NDOH). In this regard, the NDOH is busy soliciting this information from all the provinces of the country, to enable the Minister of Health to respond to the question.
The Minister will provide the full response to the question as soon as the information has been received from all the provinces.
END.