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<p>Limited Early Medical Abortion (EMA) services are currently provided in Northern
Ireland, but these fall short of the services that the Secretary of State for Northern
Ireland instructed the Northern Ireland Department of Health (DoH) to provide by March
2022. We are disappointed that the Executive has failed to provide services. As set
out in his recent Written Ministerial Statement, the Secretary of State is committed,
if necessary, to make regulations and directions to ensure abortion healthcare is
delivered in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the location of surgical
abortions performed in Northern Ireland is held by the DoH. The latest publicly available
data shows that between 1 April 2020 and 31 January 2022, a total of 2,794 notifications
of termination were submitted to the Chief Medical Officer in Northern Ireland.</p><p>
</p><p>The most recent data published on women resident in Northern Ireland travelling
to Great Britain for an abortion procedure is from 2020, where the number of women
and girls travelling to England for abortion services was 371.</p>
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