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Home > News > Abortionists Move From Promoting Harm To Preventing Good, Writes Dr Trevor Stammers

Abortionists Move From Promoting Harm To Preventing Good, Writes Dr Trevor Stammers

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com

09.07.08

The UK has the most liberal abortion laws in the Western World and one of the highest abortion rates. 97% of abortions in 2006 were performed under ground C on the abortion form, which ostensibly for reasons connected with mental health, is generally regarded as the ground under which abortions for social reasons are carried out.

The most recently published abortion statistics for England and Wales followed the annual trend of yet another overall rise, but this time showed also a record 21% increase from 2006 to 2007 in abortions for girls under 14.

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