An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Statistics and policy
 
 
25 May 2010

UK: Abortion statistics show small decline

The abortion rate has dropped for the second year running in England and Wales, official statistics show.

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21 May 2009

New abortion statistics published for England and Wales

The 2008 statistics, published by the Department of Health, show a small fall in the abortion rate and the total number of abortions compared with 2007. 

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  6 March 2009

The economic cost of unsafe abortion

Researchers at the University of Sussex Institute of Development Studies have calculated the global economic cost of the morbidity and mortality caused by unsafe abortion. 

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  1 October 2008

USA: 30-Year trends in abortion

Research by the Guttmacher Institute finds that the abortion rate has hit a 30-year low, but overall trends mask growing disparities by race, ethnicity, abortions occurring earlier in pregnancy, and fewer teens obtaining abortions.

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  22 June 2008

Abortion statistics: behind the headlines

Abortion has risen, but in line with demographic trends. And there’s even been a drop in the number of teenage pregnancies. By Ann Furedi, Chief Executive of BPAS.

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  20 June 2008

England and Wales: Abortion statistics 2007

The most recent abortion statistics show an overall rise of 2.5%, and an increase in the abortion rate for under-18s.

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  28 May 2008

Scotland: Abortion statistics released

Tayside has a higher abortion rate than anywhere else in Scotland, according to the latest official health statistics. 

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