ABORTIONS (Particulars)

Parliament of Singapore · 24 March 1986 · 6th Parliament

Official Report, 24 March 1986, Vol 47, Issue 13 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Augustine H. H. TanRichard Hu Tsu Tau
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Dr Augustine H.H. Tan asked the Minister for Health if he will give (i) the numbers of abortions performed by private and public doctors each year since 1970; (ii) the names and clinics of private doctors who performed abortions, and the number of abortions each carried out since 1970; and (iii) the average fee charged for each abortion currently carried out by private and public doctors.

Dr Hu Tsu Tau: (i) The number of abortions performed by private and public doctors each year since 1970 is given in Annex 1. (ii) The request for information on names and clinics of private doctors who performed abortions and the number of abortions each carried out cannot be provided due to the confidentiality of the information. (iii) The fee for each abortion procedure performed in Government hospitals is $5. We do not know the average fee charged by private doctors. It is probably in the range of $200 to $500 for each procedure for the average patient.

Annex 1

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 24 March 1986. Republished on SGParliament.