520 abortions every day
Fraser Nelson 6:13pmI would have missed this ONS study had it not been to the very last line in the Guardian’s story about the number of over-40s giving birth. “In other findings, conceptions outside marriage increased from 47% to 56%,” it said.
Now, I’ve blogged before about most births (amongst non-immigrants) being outside marriage this year for the first time, but it turns out it has long been true for conceptions. One figure too grim for newspapers to print: of the 866,000 conceived in Britain in 2006, just 78% made it to the maternity ward. Our abortion rate is 22%.
The ONS study doesn’t include miscarriages or illegal abortions, thus magnifying the percentages slightly. But the fact remains: this country is performing 520 abortions every day.
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Tanuki
February 28th, 2008 7:46pm Report this commentSo why is this worth blogging about? Truth is, the Human race is emphatically not an endangered species. If anything we're breeding rather too well for our own sakes - hence I'm pretty much 100% in favour of actions which reduce our overall fecundity.
Max Kaye
February 28th, 2008 8:04pm Report this commentIf it is indeed a fact that the convicted murderer Levy Bellfield has 11 children by 5 different women, It seems to me that abortion should be actively encouraged among certain social groups.
dexey
February 28th, 2008 10:13pm Report this commentRather than abort the child, prevent the conception.
Mark Raphael
February 28th, 2008 10:43pm Report this commentIt's horrendous. I also hate the fact that Cameron and others are saying the abortion limit should be set at 20-weeks. If they think that then surely they should be demanding a change in the law asap because effectively they are saying that the UK is currently committing state-sponsored mass murder - 520 times a day.
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