Almost 900 New Zealand Women Hospitalized for Botched Abortions

by Ken Orr
4/9/12

A total of 877 women were admitted to hospital in New Zealand between 2009 and 2011 for the treatment of complications following abortions. The total number of bed-days totalled 1047. These important statistics reveal that abortions not only kill an unborn child but can result in damage to a woman’s health.

This information was obtained recently under the Official Information Act, from the Ministry of Health. Information on the nature and severity of the complications is not available. There were a total of 52,120 abortions reported to the Abortion Supervisory Committee in 2009 to 2011. The hospital admittance rate for women being treated for complications arising from abortions was 1.68 percent. This important information is not included in the Committee’s annual report to Parliament. Why was it necessary to utilise the Official Information Act to obtain important information concerning the health of women that should be freely available in the public domain? the rest