The Catholic Church in Scotland, pro-life organisations and disability rights campaigners have expressed dismay after statistics released by Public Health Scotland on June 1 revealed that the number of abortions recorded in Scotland in 2022 was the highest number ever on record.
The national statistics on abortion revealed an increase of 2,659 abortions — equal to 19.08 per cent — in one year, with the number of abortions increasing from 13,937 in 2021 to 16,596 in 2022.
The statistics also revealed that there has been an 84 per cent increase in the number of abortions where a baby has Down syndrome, from 32 in 2021 to 59 in 2022.
