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What are UK abortion statistics and why are foetus not given human rights?

April 26, 2017Abortion Ethics foetus given government Law politics statistics UK

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What are UK abortion statistics and why are foetus not given human rights?

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Here are the statistics you aked about there dated 2006,that’ss the most resent I could find. The total number of abortions was 193,700, compared with 186,400 in 2005, a rise of 3.9% the age-standardised abortion rate was 18.3 per 1,000 resident women aged 15-44, compared with 17.8 in 2005. The abortion rate was highest at 35 per 1,000, for women age 19. The under-16 abortion rate was 3.9 and the under-18 rate was 18.2 per 1,000 women, both higher than in 2005. 87% of abortions were funded by the NHS; of these, just over half (55%) took place in the independent sector under NHS contract. 89% of abortions were carried out at under 13 weeks gestation; 68% were at under 10 weeks. Medical abortions accounted for 30% of the total compared with 24% in 2005. 2,000 abortions (1%) were under ground E, risk that the child would be born handicapped.