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Contraceptive implants helping reduce abortions, say specialists

Friday, June 22nd, 2012

Statistics New Zealand says 15,863 abortions were performed last year, the lowest level since 1999.

Family Planning says 4000 implants have been inserted this year alone compared with 200 hundred last year.

Auckland Hospital clinical director of gynaecology Dr Mahesh Harilall believes the implants are the main cause of an almost 30% decrease in terminations over the past three years.

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