Five key insights

• For every three conceptions in UK: one girl, one boy, one abortion.
• Birth rates have dropped so significantly that our natural population is projected to halve within two generations.
• Increasingly, young women are delaying motherhood; half remain childless by age 30.
• Women who are childless at 30 face a 50% chance of remaining childless by age 45.
• Among women who do become mothers, the average number of children remains steady at 2.3, consistent with trends over the past 30 years.

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Data and analysis can be found in these posts:

Dr Clare Craig on X: “For every three conceptions in UK:  One girl, one boy, one abortion.” / X. 20/11/2025 https://x.com/ClareCraigPath/status/1991489611160523179

Ratio of abortions to live births

Grandparents are in decline

Childlessness at 30 is not always unplanned

Abortion and childlessness

The Impact of Abortion on Childlessness