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More than 2,000 abortions were carried out in Northern Ireland in 2022/23, according to department of health figures.
Abortion laws in the region were liberalised in 2019 following legislation passed by Westminster at a time when the powersharing government at Stormont had collapsed.
According to figures compiled by the department, the number of abortions carried out in Northern Ireland since are 1,574 in 2020/21, 1,755 in 2021/22 and 2,168 in 2022/23.
Of those figures, some 46 abortions were carried out on women aged under 18 years in 2020/21, as well as 1,149 on women aged between 18-34 and 362 on woman aged 35 and over.
During 2021/22, there were 54 abortions carried out on women under 18 years, 1,359 on women aged between 18–34 and 307 on women aged 35 years and over.
The figures for 2022/23 include 60 abortions carried out on women aged under 18 years, 1,663 on women aged between 18–34 and 409 on women aged 35 years and over.
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