Research, data analysis, and commentary on abortion, fertility trends, and pro-natal policies.
Immigration has a double impact on our overall population total and without this our population would be in decline. Using data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS),[i] we find the following: The population of England and Wales has increased from 52 million in the year 2000, to 60 million in 2022. This is... Continue Reading →
The number of abortions in England and Wales for 2023 could reach an unprecedented high of 325,000, according to an independent public health consultant. This would mean that 1-in-3 pregnancies now end in abortion, up from 1-in-4 in the past.
In England during 2021, at least 3,900 women were admitted to an NHS hospital for surgical treatment of complications arising from abortion. On 23 November 2023, the Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID), part of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), published new official statistics reporting the rate of complications arising from... Continue Reading →
The annual number of abortions in England and Wales is increasing at an unprecedented rate; projections for 2023 indicate that 1-in-3 of all viable pregnancies are ended by abortion, a significant increase from 1-in-4 in 2019. BPAS and MSI Reproductive Choices point to the cost-of-living crisis as the key driver of this worrying trend. The... Continue Reading →
The number of abortions in England and Wales for 2023 could be as high as 325,000. Official government data for January to June 2022 reported a staggering 17% increase over the same period in 2021. On 22 November 2023, Parliament published written evidence submitted by MSI Reproductive Choices to the inquiry ‘Impact of the rising... Continue Reading →
Doctors are legally obliged to have enough evidence to justify forming a good faith opinion that a woman’s pregnancy is below the 10-weeks limit before prescribing pills-by-post and enabling her abortion at home. The DHSC does not consider this to be possible in the absence of an in-person consultation. On 07 November 2023, Scott Benton... Continue Reading →
This Post has been updated and republished here. In Northern Ireland, it has been shown that a law restricting abortion saved more than 100,000 lives in the years from 1967 to 2016. Since that law changed in March 2020, there has been a two and a half times increase in the annual number of abortions.... Continue Reading →
Abortion providers are massively under-reporting the incidence of complications arising from incomplete medical abortions. They also under-state the risk of an incomplete abortion when consenting women for this procedure. Thankfully, Lord Jackson has questioned the Government about this critical issue and is holding the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) to account to ensure... Continue Reading →
I think it is wrong to suggest that Britain is predominately a pro-abortion country, we’re just far too polite when asked if we support abortion, we tend towards not wanting to cause offense to others. The data are very clear, we are, in practice, a pro-life country. A YouGov poll conducted 28-29 September 2023 asks... Continue Reading →
...a discovery that half of all generation Z or “zoomer” pregnancies now end in abortion. The research conducted by Kevin Duffy...
Almost half of pregnancies among 15-24 year-olds in Britain – the so-called ‘Generation Z’ – end in abortion according to a new analysis. Using data from the UK’s Office for National Statistics, researcher Kevin Duffy says that in 2012, 34% of viable pregnancies for the15–24-year-old cohort ended in abortion; by 2021 this proportion had risen to 45%.
Official data show an increasing year-on-year trend in young women and girls delaying their first childbirth. Whilst changes in sexual relationships and use of contraception are factors influencing this, we note that in 2022, half of all viable pregnancies for Generation Z ended in elective abortion. This more recent post verifies that in 2022, for... Continue Reading →
It has recently become clear that the UK’s birth rate is in decline, raising concerns about future economic, social, and political impact. There are many factors driving this trend, the whys, that other posts will address; the following addresses the ‘how’, concluding that we are facing a UK birthed baby shortage that is driven by... Continue Reading →
This post was first published by Christian Today on 14 July 2023. Across England and Wales, three in every four abortions - or 75% - are now performed by women at home using abortion pills. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) recently reported a 17% increase in the number of abortions: a total of 123,219... Continue Reading →
Abortion activists in the US are rushing to promote a new study that claims DIY medication abortion at home is safe and effective after 9 weeks gestational age, minimising or even ignoring the observed 10% failure rate and the recognised harm to women. The study by Moseson et al. was published in Obstetrics & Gynecology... Continue Reading →
"With most abortions in England and Wales now performed by women at home, pro-life advocate Kevin Duffy fears for the health and wellbeing of the estimated 25 a day who suffer failed abortions."
Research published by abortion activists indicates that women in the USA are making more than 6,000 requests each month for online abortion pills to be self-administered at home. This is an increase of more than 3,900 per month since the Dobbs ruling. Researchers Aiken, Starling et al measured the number of online requests for abortion... Continue Reading →
In the US, in the nine months following Dobbs, there have been 81,000 less abortions in those States that have enacted life-affirming laws limiting access to abortion; that’s about 9,000 less per month. Of course, many women have been able to travel to access abortion in other States where these laws are not in force,... Continue Reading →
On 13 April, in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis approved and signed the Heartbeat Protection Act (SB 300) saying: “We are proud to support life and family in the state of Florida.” This legislation effectively bans most abortions after six weeks gestational age. However, it will not come into effect until after the decision by the... Continue Reading →
A new report in the USA shows how the Dobbs decision last year, led to 32,000 less abortions in the following six months. Average monthly abortion totals have fallen by about 6% and are now back to the levels reported in 2020, reversing a multi-year increasing trend. #WeCount is a national abortion reporting effort that... Continue Reading →
