Death stalks babies in Scotland! There has been a “sustained and substantial” increase in abortions in the rapidly ageing country in the last ten years, official statistics have found.
Public Health Scotland has published its annual report on abortion, which shows another increase from the previous year with a record high of 18,710 unborn babies killed in 2024.
UK MPs will vote later this month on amendments aimed at decriminalising abortion in England and Wales. This would allow a woman to kill her unborn baby at any stage of pregnancy without sanction.
A key finding of the report was the trend of “a sustained and substantial increase in demand for termination services, with the average monthly number increasing by 50% between 2015 and 2024.”
The statistics included information on demographics: “The termination rate in the most deprived areas (24.5 per 1000 women aged 15 to 44 years) was double that of the least deprived areas (12.2)”.
The report noted: “The most common method, accounting for 57% of all terminations, involved taking both drugs at home.”