Research, data analysis, and commentary on abortion and declining birth rates.
The numbers from the Office for National Statistics could not be clearer: England and Wales are falling short of replacement-level births, with maternities sliding year after year while abortions climb to nearly a third of all conceptions. On paper, the “missing” births are more than accounted for by abortions—but the idea that banning abortion could... Continue Reading →
I was recently asked to verify my claim made in an earlier post that “half of all Generation Z pregnancies now end in abortion.” The most recent set of cohort fertility data was published by the Office for National Statistics in July 2025, showing conceptions, maternities, and abortions data for different age-groupings, over the years... Continue Reading →
In 1800, roughly one in three children died before their fifth birthday, reflecting an under-five mortality rate (U5MR) of 329 deaths per 1,000 live births. Faced with such high child mortality, women had just under six children on average to ensure that some survived to adulthood—a stark contrast to today’s average of just 1.45. Throughout... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
Is abortion being used as birth control and could it be a critical enabler of our below-replacement birth rates; in just two generations our population will reduce by 40%: 100 adults, 77 children, 59 grandchildren. In 2022, the most recent year in which we have official data for the whole of the UK, there were... Continue Reading →
