French Abortions Rise

According to a new study by the French National Institute of Demographic Studies, although the number of unplanned pregnancies in France has fallen, the number of abortions in such cases has increased. Unplanned pregnancies fell from 46% to 33% from 1975 to 2004, ostensibly due to use of contraceptives, but the number of abortions of such pregnancies increased from 40% to 60% over the same period. Over 40% of French women have an abortion at least once in their life. According to Chantal Blayot, a professor of demography at Montesquieu-Bordeau IV, this trend is supported by "a strong social pressure to abort." LifeSiteNews