The fertility rate for England and Wales has hit its highest level since 1980 as more women in their late 30s and 40s have babies, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.
The study set out to examine the associations between abortion and other reproductive events, socio-demographic characteristics and experience of violence among a community-based national sample of young Australian women.
A bid by Tory MP Ann Winterton to introduce compulsory abortion counselling and a week-long ‘cooling off’ period has been defeated in the House of Commons.
The third Bill in eight months from a Conservative backbench MP proposing further limits to the 1967 Abortion Act is to be introduced in the Commons on 5 June. BPAS’ Chief Executive responds.
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