​There is a legal requirement to notify the Medical Officer of Health of all abortions carried out in Jersey. Statistics Jersey collate and analyse the data derived from these notifications. In 2017:

• there were 170 abortions notified as taking place in Jersey
• the crude abortion rate  was 8.7 per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years, a rate that has declined since 2001
• the crude abortion rate for Jersey over the period 2013-17 was consistently lower than seen in England and Wales
• 72% of terminations were performed at less than 10 weeks gestation
• there was an increase in the proportion of terminations performed at 10-12 weeks