Dr. Patricia Lohr:

We do not count the numbers of women who are denied so it is difficult for me to answer that question accurately. Within our service, there have been circumstances like we discussed earlier where the doctors have not always agreed on the grounds and so there has had to be more discussion about whether the woman would be eligible and under which grounds. There have been circumstances where doctors have felt a woman needs to go away and think more about the abortion or there have been cases where women have presented requesting abortions on the grounds of foetal sex. In and of itself, that does not meet the grounds for the Act and further discussion would have to happen to ascertain whether the impact of continuing the pregnancy would mean the women would qualify for an abortion under another one of the grounds.