Over 200,000 Terminations: Government Lockdown Partial Cause of Record Number of Abortions in 2021 – Claim.
Official statistics have revealed that England and Wales saw a record number
of abortions in 2021, with one expert in the field blaming the rise on the
pandemic and government lockdown rules.
Far from the baby-boom some predicted early in lockdown, Britain has
actually experienced an abortion boom. Over 200,000 abortions were
carried out in Wales and England in 2021, government statistics
released on Tuesday have revealed, marking a new all-time high for
abortion in the two UK home nations.
Some operating in the UK’s abortion sector have put the increase down
to a worsening financial situation in the UK, with one professional
blaming the pandemic as well as government lockdown rules for the rise.
According to documents put out by the UK’s Office for Health
Improvement & Disparities, a total of 214,256 were recorded
as taking place in Wales and England last year, up from 209,917
in 2020.
This is reportedly roughly equivalent to 18.6 abortions per 1000
women aged between 15 and 44 in 2021.
Abortions were highest for 22-year-old women, with the age group
reportedly seeing 31 abortions occur for every 1,000 women last year.
Government statistics also revealed that at least 99 per cent
of abortions carried out across two nations last year were
paid for by the British taxpayer through the UK’s NHS socialised
healthcare service, with many of these terminations then being
contracted out to third parties. Breitbart.
