ABORTIONS

10 The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD (25 July 2007). Can the Minister for Health advise how many abortions were refused in South Australia in 2006 on the basis that pregnancy would not jeopardise the physical or mental health of the mother pursuant to section 82A(I)(a)(i) of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Environment and Conservation, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister Assisting the Minister for Health): The Minister for Health has advised:

Statistics on this issue are not kept. The decision about eligibility for abortion is made by individual medical practitioners.