Theraputic Abortion Summary

Information on therapeutic abortions (TAs) is collected by hospitals and clinics and provided to the Ontario Ministry of Health for inclusion in the Intellihealth data warehouse. The information is provided voluntarily by hospitals but is considered to be relatively complete. Since clinics must provide the information as a condition of their license, the data essentially capture all in-clinic TAs. Data are based on the client’s residence, not where the TA was performed. TAs performed out-of-province are not included.