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The Health Service is spending around ã1million a week providing repeat abortions.
Critics said figures revealed yesterday show thousands of women are using the procedure as a form of contraception.
It is not unknown for some women to have seven, eight or even nine terminations in their lifetime.
According to the statistics, single or unmarried women account for five out of every six repeat terminations. Around a third of all abortions carried out in England and Wales are repeats.
The figures will fuel the debate on whether abortions, which cost the NHS up to ã1,000 each, are being sanctioned as more of a lifestyle choice than a medical requirement.
In one London borough, half of all abortions are requested by women who have already aborted at least one foetus.
In 2010, the latest year for which figures are available, some 189,000 abortions took place. Of these, more than 64,000 terminations were on women who had already aborted a foetus in the past.
More than 50,000 of them were single or living with a partner; while around 9,500 were married ââ¬â with the marital status unknown for the rest.
Critics of the current legislation said terminations have become just another form of contraception because of the lack of independent counselling at clinics which leads to women making the choice to have an abortion rather than continue with their pregnancy.
Some experts claim the number of abortions could be reduced if contraception was made more easily available and sex education was improved.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...nations-form-contraceptive.html#ixzz1urNh5PWi
The NHS pays for the abortion??? Don't they keep records as to how many abortions one woman has had? Maybe if these women had to pay out of their own pocket, it would a difference. What are your thoughts on this?
Critics said figures revealed yesterday show thousands of women are using the procedure as a form of contraception.
It is not unknown for some women to have seven, eight or even nine terminations in their lifetime.
According to the statistics, single or unmarried women account for five out of every six repeat terminations. Around a third of all abortions carried out in England and Wales are repeats.
The figures will fuel the debate on whether abortions, which cost the NHS up to ã1,000 each, are being sanctioned as more of a lifestyle choice than a medical requirement.
In one London borough, half of all abortions are requested by women who have already aborted at least one foetus.
In 2010, the latest year for which figures are available, some 189,000 abortions took place. Of these, more than 64,000 terminations were on women who had already aborted a foetus in the past.
More than 50,000 of them were single or living with a partner; while around 9,500 were married ââ¬â with the marital status unknown for the rest.
Critics of the current legislation said terminations have become just another form of contraception because of the lack of independent counselling at clinics which leads to women making the choice to have an abortion rather than continue with their pregnancy.
Some experts claim the number of abortions could be reduced if contraception was made more easily available and sex education was improved.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...nations-form-contraceptive.html#ixzz1urNh5PWi
The NHS pays for the abortion??? Don't they keep records as to how many abortions one woman has had? Maybe if these women had to pay out of their own pocket, it would a difference. What are your thoughts on this?
