An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Statistics and policy
 
  4 March 2008

Britain: Statistics show increase in older mothers

Record numbers of women aged 40 and over are becoming pregnant, with births to this age group rising faster than any other. 

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  21 August 2007

UN publishes world abortion information

World Abortion Policies 2007 provides up-to-date information on the legal status of induced abortion for the 195 Member and non-Member States of the United Nations. 

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19 June 2007

Abortion statistics show small but significant increase

The number of abortions carried out in England and Wales rose by 3.9% to 193,700 in 2006, official statistics show.

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  11 June 2007

Fertility rate highest for 26 years

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. 

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  28 November 2006

Poll shows majority support for legal abortion

New research into public attitudes to abortion shows that 63% of adults in the UK agreed that ‘if a woman wants an abortion, she should not have to continue with her pregnancy’, while 18% disagreed.

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  28 November 2006

Attitudes to Abortion: summary of findings

Research shows changes since 1997. 

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  11 October 2006

UK government profiles the state of the nation’s health

The UK government on 10 October published Health Challenge England: Next Steps for Choosing Health, and Health Profile of England, mapping out the public health records within the country.

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