Monday, November 29, 2010

Almost 2 in 3 underage pregnancies end in abortion

Almost 2 in 3 underage pregnancies end in abortion | News | The Christian Institute: New UK statistics show that over 60 per cent of all pregnancies among girls under 16 ended in abortion in 2008. Concern has been expressed over the figures from the Office for National Statistics, with a warning that a termination can have an impact which “lasts a lifetime.”
The ONS stats also show that four in ten pregnant women under the age of 20 had an abortion, an increase of 12 per cent in just one decade.

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