In 2020, a record number of women in Wales and England had an abortion last year. The rise was particularly marked with women aged 30 and over.
A total of 209,917 abortions were reported in 2020, with the numbers rising year on year and up from 207,384 in 2019. The largest increases in abortion rates by age were among women aged 30 to 34 with a rise from 16.5 per 1,000 in 2010 to 21.9 in 2020.
Causes are women being able to seek abortion treatment at home during the pandemic and also financial uncertainty where women have had to make “tough decisions”.
Women have a right to control their own bodies, their lives, and their futures, without interference from hierarchies dominated by anyone else.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/10/record-number-of-women-in-england-and-wales-had-abortions-in-2020
