London, England, Jun 14, 2019 / 17:32 pm
More than 200,000 UK women received an abortion in 2018, setting an all-time high rate of abortion in England and Wales.
The UK Department of Health and Social Services released a study on Wednesday which revealed that last year, 200,608 UK residents and nearly 5,000 more non-residents received an abortion in the UK.
According to the survey, abortions in the country had decreased in 2009, but have steadily increased since 2010. The previous record high was in 2008.
In the last decade, the number of abortions have increased particularly for women who are over 29 and those who already have a family. Over half of the abortions in 2018 were performed on women who have had children or had a still-born birth.