24th Feb 2021
Name and Constituency of Member of ParliamentAssoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim
MP for Sengkang GRC
Question No. 475To ask the Minister of Health how many Singaporean women underwent abortions between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020, with a breakdown by numbers per month.
Written Answer1. There were 4,029 abortions performed on Singaporean women between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020, with breakdown of numbers by month appended in Table 1.
Table 1: Number of Abortions performed on Singaporean (Citizens)
Women in 2020, by Month
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Number of Abortions | 351 | 352 | 349 | 403 | 334 | 312 | 283 | 335 | 330 | 326 | 306 | 348 |