Abortion

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Report of research carried out by the Key Centre for Women's Health in Society that audited the records of the Women's Pregnancy Advisory Service over the course of one year. Interviews were also conducted into women's perspectives of the experience of dealing with a pregnancy during which they contemplated or underwent an abortion.  Further Info

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This report contains data on the number of terminations of pregnancy after 20 weeks gestation for maternal psychosocial indications (in the absence of fetal abnormality) in Victoria. It also contains information on terminations due to congenital abnorbmality.  Further Info

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This report includes estimates on the number of induced abortions for Victorian women during 2004 and the estimated rate of induced abortions per 1,000 women. Additional data includes the estimated number of induced abortions by age group for Australian women. Data estimates are based on data from the National Hospital Morbidity Database and Medicare.  Further Info

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The Victorian Burden of Disease study includes data for Victorian women that details their potential reduced healthy life expectancy due to abortion. Data is reported by age group and includes; years of life lost (YLL), years lived with a disability (YLD), disability-adjusted life years (DALY) and incidence. The disability weights for conditions is included.  Further Info

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This report includes the examination of pregnancy outcomes across Surveys 1 to 4 among the cohort of women born between 1973 and 1978. This includes both live births and pregnancy losses (stillbirths, miscarriages, terminations and ectopic pregnancies).  Further Info

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Issues Paper: Women and Abortion
Women's Health Victoria has published an Issues Paper on Abortion.