Quebec sent 115 women to other provinces for abortions during fiscal year 2022-04-01 to 2023-03-31. Doctor's offices performed 45 abortions at a total cost of $12,377 ($235 each) and hospitals performed 70 abortions at a total cost of $100,850 ($1,441 each). I assume the more expensive abortions were late-term abortions because of the much higher cost. But I wasn't able to get the gestational ages of the abortions.
I was told they did not send any women to the US for abortions.
This is what I was told about the gestational ages of the abortions:
"We are unable to grant your request. In fact, according to the invoicing terms set out in the remuneration agreements for general practitioners and medical specialists, the wording of the procedures related to the payment of medical fees for abortions does not accurately identify the gestational age at the time of the procedure. Therefore, it is not possible to provide data specifying the gestational age at the time the services were rendered for fees billed to the Régie for abortions.
Furthermore, the Program for free universal access to voluntary medical interruption of pregnancy (abortion pill) allows women who want to terminate a pregnancy of 9 weeks or less to obtain the abortion pill free of charge. The Program also covers certain drugs related to a voluntary interruption of pregnancy, such as those used to control nausea. We do not hold information on gestational age when using the abortion pill."
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