Does anyone know the statistics for abortion in the UK? How many abortions have been carried out etc?

i need to know statistics such as how many abortions have been carried out? how many actually have a good reason such as rape, health etc...

Does anyone know the statistics for abortion in the UK? How many abortions have been carried out etc?
Last year there were 193,000 abortions in Britain.
Reply:Ckeck out abort 73.org. It has tons of that kind of info
Reply:Abortion in the United Kingdom has been legal in England, Scotland and Wales since the Abortion Act passed in 1967. At the time, this legislation was one of the most liberal laws regarding abortion in Europe. However, abortion remains illegal in Northern Ireland, and all political parties in Northern Ireland oppose its legalisation, although Sinn Féin supports some limited liberalisation of abortion laws.








here is a pie chart of how many abortions were carried out in 2004:


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2004 Times/Populus poll


According to a 2004 Times/Populus survey, Britons' feelings on abortion are:[6]





75% of Britons believe abortion should be legal


38% of Britons believe abortion should "always" be legal


36% of Britons believe abortion should be "mostly" be legal


23% of Britons believe abortion should be illegal


20% of Britons believe abortion should be "mostly" be illegal


4% of Britons believe abortion should be "always" be illegal


NB: The survey compares the results to respondents' voting habits for mainland parties, indicating that Northern Ireland was not included in this survey.








[edit] 2005 YouGov/Daily Telegraph poll


According to an August 2005 YouGov/Daily Telegraph survey, Britons' feelings toward abortion by gestational age are: [7]





30% would back a measure to reduce the legal limit for abortion to 20 weeks


25% support maintaining the current limit of 24 weeks


19% support a limit of 12 weeks


9% support a limit of less than 12 weeks


6% responded that abortion should never be allowed


2% said it should be permitted throughout pregnancy





[edit] 2006 MORI poll


A more recent survey shows support for restricting abortion laws in the UK, and is cited by the Catholic Church in England and Wales as evidence of a growing unease with abortion. [5]





According to the survey:





42% of British men and women believe the legal limit for an abortion should be cut (i.e abortion more restricted).


47% of British women believe the legal limit for an abortion should be cut


36% of British men believe the legal limit for an abortion should be cut


10% of British women believe that abortion should be "outlawed altogether

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