Ontario abortion numbers from the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care report 53,708 abortions in 2024. That's 1,241 more than OMHLTC reported in 2023. Every year the numbers go up. Every darn year.
In the past when I reported on Canada's late term live-birth abortions, Quebec's numbers were always excluded from CIHI's data. For the first time, I have now received Quebec's numbers for 2023/2024.
I originally reported 123 abortions for 2023/2024 for Canada, and now we know that Quebec performed an additional 27 of these late term born-alive abortions for a new total of 150.
Born alive and stillbirth late term abortions for 2023/2024. Totals for late-term born alive/stillbirth abortions combined, are more than the total for the previous year by 125. Comparison of the last five years below.
That is 642 late-term born alive abortions in just five years.
That is 5,738 late-term stillbirth abortions in just five years.
'In Quebec, induced abortions during the second trimester of pregnancy result in a live birth more than one in ten times (11.2%). Of these live-born fetuses, one in ten survives more than 3 hours. These are the findings of a study published in June 2024 in the scientific journal American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (AJOG).
The study was based on all second trimester abortions (13,777) performed in the hospitals of Quebec between 1989 and 2021. In Quebec, the law does not stipulate a maximum time limit for performing an abortion. The researchers found that abortions performed during the second trimester of pregnancy due to fetal anomalies doubled between the period 1989 - 2000 and 2011-2021. At the same time, they observed a significant increase in live births following a second-trimester abortion: the rate of 4.1 live births per 100 abortions in 1989-2001 climbs to 20.8% for the 2011-2021 period.
This is particularly true for abortions between 20 and 24 weeks of amenorrhea (18-22 weeks of pregnancy): in this case, more than one fetus in five is alive at the time of expulsion (21.7%).'
The pro-abortions always like to say that these late-term abortions are always done because of fetal anomalies or the health of the mother. But in 48% of these cases, the Quebec abortions took place for "personal or unspecified reasons" on a healthy fetus:
'The study showed that in 48% of second trimester abortions in Quebec, i.e. almost half the cases, there was no medical indication on the fetal side, nor any medical emergency on the maternal side. In these cases, the abortion took place for “personal or unspecified” reasons, on a healthy fetus.'
So many lies.
Further to 2023/2024 Quebec abortions. Below is the breakdown by abortion code. I include the English translation in bold.
Note: the codes for abortions done > 14 weeks (6941, 6948, 6949) and > than 20 weeks (6137)
Note: Nombre d'avortement distinct (plus d'un code peut être utilisé pour un même avortement) - Number of distinct abortions (more than one code can be used for the same abortion)
06137 - Gynécologie / Utérus et col utérin / Manipulation / Avortement par dilatation et extraction à partir de 20 semaines de grossesse, incluant la dilatation du col et l'insertion de tiges laminaires (PG-28) - Uterus and cervix / Manipulation / Abortion by dilation and extraction from 20 weeks of pregnancy, including cervical dilation and insertion of laminar rods
06451 - Gynécologie / Trompes / Suture / Stérilisation, toute méthode, toute voie d'approche, unilatérale ou bilatérale, post-partum ou élective, avec ou sans curetage / avec avortement thérapeutique - Tubes / Suture / Sterilization, any method, any approach, unilateral or bilateral, postpartum or elective, with or without curettage / with therapeutic abortion
06906 - Gynécologie / Utérus et col utérin / Manipulation / Avortement incomplet / par curetage - Gynecology / Uterus and cervix / Manipulation / Incomplete abortion / curettage
06908 - Gynécologie / Utérus et col utérin / Manipulation / Avortement / par extraction menstruelle (incluant la dilatation du col, l'insertion de tiges laminaires) - Gynecology / Uterus and cervix / Manipulation / Abortion / by menstrual extraction (including cervical dilation, insertion of laminar rods)
06909 - Gynécologie / Utérus et col utérin / Manipulation / Avortement / par curetage (incluant la dilatation du col, l'insertion de tiges laminaires) (PG-28) - Gynecology / Uterus and cervix / Manipulation / Abortion / curettage (including cervical dilation, insertion of laminar rods) (PG-28)
06941 - Gynécologie / Utérus et col utérin / Manipulation / Avortement thérapeutique à partir de 14 semaines / Un temps : (incluant le bloc paracervical, la dilatation du col, l'insertion de tiges laminaires) / aspiration, curetage et évacuation du foetus (P.G. 7.7 C) (P.C. 13) - Gynecology / Uterus and cervix / Manipulation / Therapeutic abortion from 14 weeks / One-stage: (including paracervical block, cervical dilation, insertion of laminar rods) / aspiration, curettage and evacuation of the fetus
06948 - Gynécologie / Utérus et col utérin / Manipulation / Avortement à partir de 14 semaines / Deux temps : / 1er temps : induction, toutes méthodes incluant, le cas échéant, l'évacuation du foetus (P.G. 7.7 C) - Gynecology / Uterus and cervix / Manipulation / Abortion from 14 weeks / Two stages: / 1st stage: induction, all methods including, where applicable, evacuation of the fetus (P.G. 7.7 C)
06949 - Gynécologie / Utérus et col utérin / Manipulation / Avortement de la 14e à la 19e semaine de grossesse inclusivement / 2e temps : curetage ou expulsion spontanée - Gynecology / Uterus and cervix / Manipulation / Abortion from the 14th to the 19th week of pregnancy inclusive / 2nd stage: curettage or spontaneous expulsion
Quebec abortions performed in Quebec
Certains avortements rendus le même jour peuvent être rémunérés selon 2 codes d'acte différents, expliquant que le nombre d'avortements (distinct) peut être inférieur à la somme par code d'acte. * Valeurs inférieures aux règles de diffusion de l'information et de protection des renseignements personnels. - Some abortions performed on the same day may be paid for according to 2 different procedure codes, explaining that the number of abortions (distinct) may be less than the amount per procedure code. * Values lower than the rules for dissemination of information and protection of personal information.
Quebec abortions performed in other provinces
Andrea Mrozek writes about the recent study out of Quebec on born-alive abortions.
'The kicker for Canadians is that the study sample was 13,777 abortions done between 1989 and 2021 in Quebec. This means that over 32 years, about 430 abortions resulted in live births every single year in that province.'
These late term abortions also happen every year, in every other province in Canada. I have been collecting this data for many years from CIHI, but CIHI never reports on Quebec data. Now we know that there is an average of 430 of these late-term abortions in Quebec every year. This is a staggering number. It is also way higher than the number of late-term born-alive abortions in the rest of Canada (there were 131 in the rest of Canada in 2022/2023).
Only 5.5% of these born alive abortions received palliative care.
'In analyses of live births, one-quarter of neonates (24.5%) were admitted to an intensive care unit and 5.5% received palliative care.'
Abort late-term baby. Abortion fails. Baby is born-alive. Don't give it palliative care. This is just plain evil.
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."
My Freedom of Information request to the Quebec government on the tragedy of euthanasia:
"Can you please provide me with all information relating to the payments made to health professionals in providing Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) to patients. I am looking for the total fees paid to these providers, for their MAID services (ie for MAID consults, counseling, injecting the drugs, etc)"
The first document below is what I received back in French. I used Google Translate to provide the English translations of the descriptions, and posted them below the French. Total cost of MAID was $5,880,162. That's nearly $6 million dollars to euthanize Quebec citizens.
Imagine instead of killing these people, we spent that money on helping them with their poverty, their mental illness, their pain, and their suffering? Isn't that what a caring society is supposed to do?
"No providers in Canada offer abortion care beyond 23 weeks and 6 days." Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights
I've now been able to read the paper that I discussed here: Later gestational age abortion in Canada: A scoping review. Carly Demont, Anvita Dixit, and Angel M. Foster. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality 2023 32:1, 51-62
Unfortunately I was unable to access the numerous studies this study refers to, but I was still able to learn the following from the paper itself. All emphasis added. All quotes are from the paper itself.
1) Research done on Quebec abortions: This study looked at gestational age abortions from 16 weeks to 37 weeks. stillbirth data, 1981–2006, N. Auger, G. Denis, Published 1 April 2012, Medicine, International Journal of Public Health "Objectives: We evaluated late pregnancy abortions from 1981 to 2006 in Québec, Canada. Methods We extracted late abortions from the stillbirth mortality file, and calculated yearly rates per 100,000 pregnancies, including mean gestational age, birth weight, maternal age and education. Results: There were 14.4 late abortions per 100,000 overall pregnancies [95% confidence interval 12.9, 16.1], and rates appeared to increase with time. Mean gestational age (24.7 weeks) and birth weight (886 g) suggested that abortions were performed in the late second and third trimesters. Conclusions Late abortions in Québec are not common but do occur. Research is needed to determine whether the increase in rates over time reflects better reporting or a true increase."
So these babies were at a mean age of 24.7 weeks and 885 g. That's more than 23 weeks and 6 days and almost two pounds in weight. Obviously some of these babies would be even larger than this, and as noted, up until 37 weeks gestation.
2) "Second-trimester abortion is associated with higher rates of complications compared to first-trimester terminations."
This study referred to gestational ages abortions from 13 weeks to 26 weeks 6 days. Once again, proof of abortions being performed past the so-called 23 weeks and 6 days limit)
3) "[Medical] students surveyed held significantly more positive attitudes toward first-trimester abortions than toward second-trimester surgical abortion."
In other words, the medical students had an issue with killing later term babies.
4) "13 of 16 Canadian clinics reported performing an estimated of 1,850 dilation and evacuation procedures".
That's a lot of clinics performing these horrific late-term abortions where the limbs are removed one by one and finally the head is crushed to remove it as well.
5) "There has been a declining proportion of abortions that occur late in the second trimester. There is concern that this will have implications for training and maintaining skills and that the distribution of services is becoming increasingly uneven."
They're concerned about the fact that fewer doctors will have the skills required to rip a baby apart? You can't make this stuff up.
6) "We spoke with three LGA abortion providers, three directors/executives of pro-choice networks and advocacy groups, and one womxn’s (this is not a typo) SRH researcher in Canada. All topic experts currently or previously held senior positions within their organizations/institutions and resided in British Columbia, Nova Scotia, or Ontario. All had experience helping abortion seekers who were past the gestational limit in their region access needed abortion care."
Here we have the pro-aborts actively going outside the medical guidelines. It shows just how ineffective those guidelines are.
7) "[Our topic experts] specifically focused on the lack of abortion services after 24 weeks’ gestation as being an increasing problem. One expert explained, “Until progress is made towards post-24-week care being available within Canada, provinces and territories should have robust ‘out-of-country’ travel processes that support individuals to make a plan to get the care they need.”"
And again...discussions from the 'experts' that they need post-24-week abortion care when Canadian guidelines do not allow abortions after 23 weeks 6 days.
What is always noticeably absent from any discussions by the pro-aborts on abortion, is the very clinical way in which it is always discussed. There is never any talk of the morality of abortion. When we lock up our consciences and throw away the key, a pre-born child only has worth if we condescend to give it.
Last year there were 127 live-birth abortions. This year there were 149. That's an increase of 22 babies born alive after a late term abortion.
Six of these babies were greater than 29 weeks gestation.
There were also 911 late-term stillbirth abortions (Greater than 20 weeks gestation).
These numbers exclude Quebec born alive abortions. I'm not sure if I noticed this before.
"Table 1: Number of stillbirths resulting from termination of pregnancy...excluding Quebec"
"Table 2: Number of livebirths (with gestational age => 20 weeks) resulting from termination of pregnancy in acute inpatient settings in Canada (excluding Quebec), by province, 2021-2022"
"Table 3: Number of livebirths (with gestational age => 20 weeks) resulting from termination of pregnancy in acute inpatient settings in Canada (excluding Quebec), by gestational age (in weeks), 2021-2022"
In 2021, Ontario farmed out between 44 and 54 of its abortions to other provinces (Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia.
CIHI's 2020 abortion stats:
"volumes reported underestimate the true number of induced abortions in Canada"
There are so many caveats (bolded below) in CIHI's abortion data, that it truly is difficult to know how many abortions are being perpetrated in Canada.
From Page 2:
"CIHI captures administrative, clinical and demographic data on induced abortions performed in Canadian hospitals. Data is supplied by provincial and territorial ministries of health, hospitals, independent abortion specific clinics and other clinics in Canada. Data from clinics providing abortion services is submitted voluntarily to CIHI and most does not include information on abortion procedure or patient characteristics. Counts in the following tables include induced abortions performed in a hospital or in a clinic providing abortion services in Canada. Due to variations in use of fee-for-service (FFS) payments for induced abortions across the country, these figures are not based on pan-Canadian FFS data [this is why I like to make FOI requests for data: it is typically more accurate than CIHI's numbers]
In recent years, medical abortions have become more accessible in primary care settings (e.g., nurse practitioner and physician offices, community and public health clinics), and most of these are not included in the data tables. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on hospital activity in Canada (e.g., delayed or cancelled surgeries). Measures to maintain early access to abortion services during the pandemic (e.g., virtual visits, extending gestational age limit for medical abortion) may have further shifted abortion volumes to primary care settings. Therefore, volumes reported underestimate the true number of induced abortions in Canada. More comprehensive reporting may be available in future CIHI releases.
Results presented in tables 3 to 8 are derived from hospitalization data only. Findings therefore exclude many early, medical and uncomplicated induced abortions, which occur more frequently in clinic and primary care settings. These results are unlikely to be representative of all abortions across all settings and may overestimate the proportion of all abortions with complications and underestimate the proportion of all abortions provided medically and in the first trimester."
And this note on Table 1:
"Number of induced abortions reported in Canada in 2020, by province/territory of hospital or clinic" (note: some abortions not included, for example, most medical abortions in primary care settings*)
And regarding Quebec's numbers:
The methodology for Quebec was revised in 2019 to include fee codes for medical abortions, resulting in an increase in reported abortion volumes for both hospitals and clinics.
So it seems most provinces do not report medical abortions to CIHI--but Quebec does report medical abortions?
Every abortion is a tragedy, but some are more tragic than others:
According to a freedom of information request to the Quebec government, there were 21,265 abortions in 2020/2021 in Quebec facilities. That's a total of $3,205,165 or an average of $151/abortion.
They also outsourced 75 abortions to non-Quebec doctors' offices, at an average cost of $269/abortion
And they also outsourced 78 abortions to non-Quebec hospitals at an average cost of $1,477/abortion. (My guess is that these are all late-term abortions because of the much higher costs)
Quebec also sent one child to the United States to die by abortion in 2020/2021. This abortion cost $599.40.
AB - Alberta CALGARY GENERAL PETER LOUGHEED CENTRE 1 for a total of $1,385
BC - British Columbia KELOWNA GENERAL HOSPITAL 3 for a total of $4,155 ($1385/abortion)
MB - Manitoba HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE 1 for a total of $1,385
NS - Nova Scotia QEII HEALTH SERVICES CENTRE 2 for a total of $2,770 ($1385/abortion)
ON - Ontario Hawkesbury & District General Hospital 1 for a total of $1,385
ON - Ontario HOPITAL D'OTTAWA 56 for a total of 84,725 ($1,513/abortion. Notice that this cost is the highest average of all the abortions.)
ON - Ontario HOPITAL MONTFORT 4 for a total of $5,522 ($1,380.50/abortion)
ON - Ontario LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE 3 for a total of $4,155 ($1380/abortion)
ON - Ontario North Bay Regional Health Centre 4 for a total of $5,540 ($1,385/abortion)
ON - Ontario Pembroke Regional Hospital Inc. 1 for a total of $1,385
PE - Île-du-Prince-Édouard/Prince Edward Island PRINCE COUNTY HOSPITAL 1 for a total of $1,385
SK - Saskatchewan Regina General Hospital 1 for a total of $1,385
Total 78 for a total cost of $115,177 or an average of $1,477/abortion
The medical abortion numbers in Quebec I reported last time appeared to too low, so I asked RAMQ:
"The numbers of medical abortions seem to be very low. Can you check for me and see if there is a mistake in the medical abortion numbers? Also, the cost per abortion seems very low. Can you check on those costs as well?"
The response I received:
"Les tableaux disponibles en ligne concernant les remboursements accordés dans le cadre du Programme d’accès universel gratuit à l’interruption volontaire de grossesse médicamenteuse fournissent des données concernant le MifégymisoMC (pilule abortive) remis en pharmacien communautaire à la suite d’une consultation en clinique médicale à une personne assurée au régime public d’assurance médicaments. La Régie ne détient pas de donnée concernant le MifégymisoMC reçu dans un établissement de santé . Nous constatons que peu de personnes assurées vont en clinique médicale lorsqu’elles envisagent un avortement médicamenteux. En effet, elles semblent privilégier les services en établissement. Le nombre peu élevé de remboursements du MifégymisoMC dans les pharmacies communautaires s’explique probablement ainsi."
I don't speak French, so according to Google translate:
"The tables available online regarding reimbursements granted under the Free Universal Access to The Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy Drug Program provide data on Mifegymiso™ (abortion pill) given to a community pharmacist following a consultation in a medical clinic to a person insured under the public drug insurance plan. The Régie does not hold any data concerning Mifégymiso™ received in a health facility. We find that few insured people go to medical clinics when they are considering a medical abortion. Indeed, they seem to favour institutional services. This is likely due to the low number of reimbursements for Mifegymiso™ in community pharmacies."
I will attempt to find out what the numbers are for health facilities.
Last year I asked for this information from Ontario, and I don't think I ever posted their response.
"Can you please provide me with the number of abortions, and their cost, performed in 2017/2018 that were done outside of the province [of Ontario]: Broken down by province, or state, as the case may be."
Here is their response.
Note this comment from the Attorney General's office:
"RHBS and RMBS reciprocal agreement claims do not contain sufficient information to identify abortion services. Therefore there may be more abortion services were not captured in this report."
"patients with coverage under Quebec’s health insurance plan receiving care in Alberta are reported by Alberta. However, patients with coverage under Alberta’s health insurance plan receiving care in Quebec are not reported (by either Quebec or Alberta)." |
"Mifegymiso prescriptions were introduced in July 2017 which affected abortions numbers for the last two fiscal years."So abortions covered by AHS do not include medical abortions, but only surgical abortions. This means that 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 numbers would be higher than reported--if only we knew how many medical abortions were occurring in Alberta.
"CIHI captures administrative, clinical and demographic data on induced abortions performed in Canadian hospitals. Data is supplied by provincial and territorial ministries of health, hospitals and independent abortion clinics in Canada. Clinic data is submitted voluntarily to CIHI. Counts in the following tables include induced abortions performed in a hospital or clinic setting in Canada. Due to variations in use of fee-for-service (FFS) payments for induced abortions across the country, these figures are not based on pan-Canadian FFS data."What we do know about CIHI's data:
1. The number of abortions done in a Canadian province, other than Quebec, reimbursed by RAMQ, as well as the total cost, for each of the last five years, broken down by hospital, by clinic, and by physician's office.
2. The number abortions done in Quebec, reimbursed by RAMQ, as well as the total cost, for each of the last five years, broken down by hospital, by clinic, and by physician's office.
3. The number abortions done in the United States, reimbursed by RAMQ, as well as the total cost, for each of the last five years.Below are scans of what I received back. Sorry for the poor quality.
"Furthermore, we wish to inform you that we have not reimbursed any abortion performed in the US." [sic]
“What we’re saying is family planning and access to abortions are fundamental — the No. 1 priority when it comes to equality between men and women."Then the article goes on to talk about how there will be more abortions in Quebec when Health Minister Gaétan Barrette said:
"Far from restricting access to abortion, Bill 20 would improve it by asking doctors to see more patients and perform more procedures."Good grief. Quebecers must be really messed up. You'd think that maybe there would be a goal to have less abortions and not more. Are they going to start advertising to get more women to kill their unborn babies? Is that where this is headed?
