14 h. ago Abortion rates reach record high, with experts blaming cost of living crisis forcing women to terminate pregnancies

The percentage of conceptions ending in a legal abortion in England and Wales rose to a record amount in 2022 with just over 40 per cent of pregnancies ending in termination in some areas.

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17 h. ago Abortion rate hits record high with three in 10 pregnancies ending in termination

There were 247,703 conceptions leading to a legal abortion in 2022, a 13.1% rise on the 218,923 recorded in 2021, the ONS said.

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17 h. ago Number of abortions in England and Wales hit record high in 2022

Almost three in 10 conceptions ended in legal terminations, ONS figures show, as provider says women struggling to access contraceptionThe number of abortions in England and Wales reached a record high in 2022, with a leading provider stating that women are facing “significant barriers” in access to contraception.Almost three in 10 conceptions ended in legal abortions in the two nations in 2022, up from about two in 10 a decade earlier, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Proportion of conceptions ending in legal abortion, by local area

East Cambridgeshire had the lowest proportion while Liverpool and Brighton & Hove had the joint highest.

Politics

19 h. ago Figures show record high of almost three in 10 conceptions ending in abortion

There were 247,703 conceptions leading to a legal abortion in 2022, a 13.1% rise on the 218,923 recorded in 2021, the ONS said.

Politics

20 h. ago New data show record high of almost three in 10 conceptions ending in abortion

There were 247,703 conceptions leading to a legal abortion in 2022, a 13.1% rise on the 218,923 recorded in 2021, the ONS said.

Politics

2 w. ago Tens of thousands of women forced to travel out of state for abortion care after Roe v Wade was overturned in 2022

More than 325,000 abortion patients were forced to leave their home state for legal care in the years after the decision

Transport

3 w. ago US abortion clinics are closing even in states where abortion is legal. More cuts could be coming

Three years after the fall of Roe v. Wade, the funding system for abortions is battered

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3 w. ago MPs set to approve biggest change to UK abortion law in 50 years decriminalising termination at any point before birth

If approved by MPs women would no longer face prosecution if they aborted their own baby based on its sex, after the legal limit of 24 weeks, or without approval from doctors.

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3 w. ago Fewer than half of young men believe abortion should be legal, poll finds

Exclusive: Just 46 per cent of young men support abortion in all or most cases, almost half as many as older generations

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3 w. ago Inside the legal fight over the telehealth clinics that help women defy abortion bans

Every month, thousands of women evade abortion bans in their home states by turning to telehealth clinics willing to send them pregnancy-ending drugs through the mail

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