Over 900 NI women travelled for UK abortions last year
12 were allowed to have terminations here
Twelve abortions were carried out in Northern Ireland last year, according to new statistics from the Department of Health.
The figures show during 2017/18, 12 terminations were carried out in Health and Social Care Trust hospitals here, one less than the previous year.
Eight involved women aged 30 and over and four on those aged 25-29.
They were carried out on women normally resident in Northern Ireland.
The 1967 Abortion Act, which established legal abortion, has never applied in Northern Ireland.
Terminations are only permitted in cases where the woman's life is in danger, or there is a permanent or serious risk to her mental or physical health.
Amnesty International also revealed while 12 were permitted legally here, over 900 women from Northern Ireland travelled to the UK for terminations during the same period.
Campaign manager Grainne Teggart said: "There's a significant gap between the number of women who were allowed an abortion in Northern Ireland last year compared with the number of women who travelled to access the service.
"This demonstrates just how restrictive and unfit Northern Ireland's abortion law is.''
Terminations are available on the NHS for women from Northern Ireland elsewhere in the UK.
Amnesty believes the procedure should be provided in Northern Ireland but it faces strong opposition from pro-life lobbyists and the DUP who stress the sanctity of the unborn infant's life.
Ms Teggart said: "Because of the near-total abortion ban in Northern Ireland, up to 1,000 women fly to other parts of the UK to have abortions every year.
"Countless others go online to purchase abortion pills, risking prosecution in doing so.''
Ms Teggart said: "How can it be the case that it's OK for women to fly to England or now get a train to the Republic of Ireland to have an abortion, but it's not OK for them to access the health service at home?
"It makes no sense. It's time the UK Government ended the hypocrisy and inequality.
"Northern Ireland has one of the cruellest abortion laws in the world, and our reproductive rights are falling further and further behind.
"The UK Government cannot ignore the grave situation for women here. Abortion must be decriminalised - made free, safe and accessible without having to travel."