Abortion figures across the United Kingdom reached their highest level on record in 2023, prompting Right To Life to call for a national conversation about our abortion laws in light of what the group has described as a “national tragedy and a national scandal”.
Data released by the Department of Health and Social Care this week shows that 278,740 abortions took place in England and Wales last year, an increase of 26,618 from 2022 — a rise of more than 10%. When combined with 18,242 abortions in Scotland and an estimated 2,632 in Northern Ireland, the total figure for the UK in 2023 stands at 299,614 abortions.
