Almost a third of all conceptions in England and Wales now end in abortion, official figures have revealed.
In 2022, 29.69 per cent of all conceptions in England and Wales ended in abortion, up from 26.54 per cent a year earlier, , according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics.
The figures represent a huge increase in abortion over the space of a decade, with 20.84 per cent of conceptions – a fifth of all pregnancies – ending in abortion in 2012.
Between 2020, when pills-by-post at-home abortion schemes were first introduced, and 2022, there has been a 19.61 per cent increase in the number of conceptions leading to abortion.
