the Department of Health have just published their Abortion statistics for England and Wales 2007.
This information is obtained from the abortion notification forms returned to the Chief Medical Officers of England and Wales.
In 2007, for women resident in England and Wales:
- the total number of abortions was 198,500, compared with 193,700 in 2006, a rise of 2.5%
- the age-standardised abortion rate was 18.6 per 1,000 resident women aged 15-44, compared with 18.3 in 2006
- the abortion rate was highest at 36 per 1,000, for women age 19
- the under-16 abortion rate was 4.4 and the under- 18 rate was 19.8 per 1,000 women, both higher than in 2006
- 89% of abortions were funded by the NHS; of these, just over half (57%) took place in the independent sector under NHS contract
- 90% of abortions were carried out at under 13 weeks gestation; 70% were at under 10 weeks
- medical abortions accounted for 35% of the total compared with 30% in 2006
- 1,900 abortions (1%) were underground E, risk that the child would be born handicapped
Non-residents:
- in 2007, there were 7,100 abortions for non-residents carried out in hospitals and clinics in England and Wales (7,400 in 2006)
LIFE have produced a Press Release which is informative and I think is well worth reading; I also urge you to pass this on to any contacts you may have.
These figures show once again how ineffective the pro-life movement in the United Kingdom has become; this should serve as yet another sign that they must unite and come together and work together and put personality issues to the side so that the focus can continue on saving lives.
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