Abortion figures in Britain worst in EU

Abortion numbers in the UK are the highest in Europe with 219,336 terminations taking place in one year according to a new study. Britain also has the highest number of abortions for girls under 20 with 48,150 of the abortions falling into this age group. Britain now ranks fifth in the world for the number of abortions performed, behind only Russia, the US, India, and Japan. The number of abortions performed in the EU during 2007 was equivalent to the combined populations of the EU’s ten smallest states with Britain, France and Romania accounting for half of the terminations. Critics blame the abortion figures on the Labour Government’s Teenage Pregnancy Strategy which focuses on sex education and the promotion of contraception. Christian Institute