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Kia ora 
 
Thank you for your request of 26 May 2025 for the following information:

Under the Official Information Act I request the following information on
number of abortions done between 1 January 2020 and 31March 2025, provided
for each calendar year.

Preferably this information will be in a spreadsheet where these factors
can be filtered to enable comparison across the different categories.

1. The total number of abortions that were denied or deemed inappropriate
nationally. Also broken down into:
- by fetous gestational age as follows 0-10 weeks, 11-20 weeks, 21-30
weeks, 31-40 weeks
- by sex, male, female, unknown
- age of mother 0-15 years, 16-20 years, 21-25 years, 26-30 years, 31-35
years, 36-40 years, 41-45 years, 45-50 years etc
- ethnicity of mother
- the reason the abortion was declined

2. Total number of abortions undertaken nationally and then broken down
into the following also:
- by District Health Board
- per abortion provider
- by fetous gestational age as follows 0-10 weeks, 11-20 weeks, 21-30
weeks, 31-40 weeks
- by sex, male, female, unknown
- age of mother 0-15 years, 16-20 years, 21-25 years, 26-30 years, 31-35
years, 36-40 years, 41-45 years, 45-50 years etc
- ethnicity of mother
- the reason the abortion was approved
- the number of abortions that resulted in a live birth
- of the number of live births the percentage that were terminated after
the event through inaction and leaving the baby to die
- of the number of live births the percentage that were terminated after
the event by medical intervention

Although previous reports grouped together all foetus gestations over 20
weeks I request the additional data that provides the 21-30 and 31-42
weeks numbers.

 
Your request asks for information which is more closely aligned with the
functions of the Ministry of Health (MoH).  For this reason, Health New
Zealand has decided to transfer your request in full to MoH under section
14(b)(ii) of the Act.  You can expect a response from MoH in due course.
 
Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman
to review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [1][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602. If you have any queries related to this request, please do not
hesitate to get in touch.  
 
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Kia ora Lisa,

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), received by the Ministry of Health on 10 June 2025. You requested:

 

Under the Official Information Act I request the following information on
number of abortions done between 1 January 2020 and 31March 2025, provided
for each calendar year.

Preferably this information will be in a spreadsheet where these factors
can be filtered to enable comparison across the different categories.

1. The total number of abortions that were denied or deemed inappropriate
nationally. Also broken down into:
- by fetous gestational age as follows 0-10 weeks, 11-20 weeks, 21-30
weeks, 31-40 weeks
- by sex, male, female, unknown
- age of mother 0-15 years, 16-20 years, 21-25 years, 26-30 years, 31-35
years, 36-40 years, 41-45 years, 45-50 years etc
- ethnicity of mother
- the reason the abortion was declined

2. Total number of abortions undertaken nationally and then broken down
into the following also:
- by District Health Board
- per abortion provider
- by fetous gestational age as follows 0-10 weeks, 11-20 weeks, 21-30
weeks, 31-40 weeks
- by sex, male, female, unknown
- age of mother 0-15 years, 16-20 years, 21-25 years, 26-30 years, 31-35
years, 36-40 years, 41-45 years, 45-50 years etc
- ethnicity of mother
- the reason the abortion was approved
- the number of abortions that resulted in a live birth
- of the number of live births the percentage that were terminated after
the event through inaction and leaving the baby to die
- of the number of live births the percentage that were terminated after
the event by medical intervention

Although previous reports grouped together all foetus gestations over 20
weeks I request the additional data that provides the 21-30 and 31-42
weeks numbers.

 

The reference number for your request is H2025068315. As required under
the Act, the Ministry will endeavour to respond to your request no later
than 20 working days after the day your request was received:
http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/.   

 

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch ([1][email address]).

 

Ngā mihi 
 
OIA Services Team 
[2]Ministry of Health information releases 

 

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