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... Continue Reading →
Abortion and childlessness
In the next two generations, our natural population is projected to halve, a decline driven largely by increasing childlessness. Current projections suggest that more than 25% of women reaching age 45 in the next 20 years, will do so without having children, and abortion plays a role in about half of these cases. Demographers have... Continue Reading →
Grandparents are in decline
In August 2025, the Office for National Statistics published data showing the total fertility rate in England and Wales for 2024 was 1.41 children per women, the lowest value on record for the 3rd year in a row. There is little doubt that our birth rate is in decline—and so too are grandparents. The data... Continue Reading →
Childlessness at 30 is not always unplanned
An increasing proportion of women reaching their 30s, are doing so childless. I agree with demographers and commentators that this is the critical factor in our declining fertility rate but contend that we cannot / should not discuss these falling birth rates without signposting the impact of abortion. In August 2025, the Office for National... Continue Reading →
