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<p>Abortions in England and Wales are performed in National Health Service hospitals
and in registered clinics only. Numbers of Down’s syndrome cases are too small to
release by hospital so a total for all Lancashire hospitals has been provided.</p><p>Total
abortions performed in Lancashire hospitals, and those with a primary diagnosis of
Down’s syndrome, residents of England and Wales, 2015</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total abortions</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>NHS
Hospital</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Blackpool Pregnancy
Advisory Service</p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Blackpool
Victoria Hospital</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Ormskirk
and District General Hospital</p></td><td><p>391</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Royal
Lancaster Infirmary</p></td><td><p>229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Royal
Preston Hospital</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Independent
Clinic</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Marie Stopes International
Preston Centre</p></td><td><p>647</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Marie Stopes
International Whitegate Health Centre</p></td><td><p>480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Other
Lancashire Hospitals</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2,022</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Of the abortions performed at Lancashire Hospitals, six were recorded as being
performed because of Down’s syndrome in the fetus.</p>
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