Abortions in England and Wales Reach Record High in 2019

11 June 2020

A record number of women in England and Wales had an abortion last year, and numbers rose particularly sharply among women aged 30 years and over. There was, however, a fall in the number of teenagers undergoing an abortion in the same period. A total of 207,384 procedures were carried out, official figures show, the highest number in a year since the historic vote in 1967 to legalise abortion in Britain through the Abortion Act.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/11/abortions-in-england-and-wales-reach-record-high