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An estimated 10,372,100 lives have been misplaced because the Abortion Act got here into impact on this present day in 1968.
In 2021, the final full 12 months for which abortion statistics can be found, multiple child was being aborted each two and a half minutes throughout England, Wales and Scotland.
That 12 months noticed report excessive numbers of abortions, with 214,869 in England and Wales, and 16,596 in Scotland.
Right to Life UK attributed the rise to the introduction of the capsules by publish service that permits girls to take each abortion capsules at residence as much as the primary 10 weeks.
A spokesperson for Right To Life UK, Catherine Robinson mentioned: “The UK’s abortion legislation is failing each girls and unborn infants. It is a nationwide tragedy that 10,372,100 lives have been misplaced because the 1967 Abortion Act got here into impact, each a singular and priceless human being who was denied the suitable to life.
“Every one in every of these abortions represents a collective failure of our society to guard the lives of infants within the womb and a failure to supply full assist to girls with unplanned pregnancies.
“While we might pause to commemorate this tragedy, this present day additionally serves as a name to motion for individuals across the nation to resume their efforts to do every part they’ll to assist guarantee extra lives are saved from abortion sooner or later.”
The anniversary of the Abortion Act is being remembered this 12 months as MPs launch a contemporary try to transform the UK’s abortion legal guidelines.
An modification tabled to the Criminal Justice Bill by Labour MP Stella Creasy needs to take away the potential for custodial sentences for abortions after 24 weeks. If handed, Right to Life mentioned it might result in extra late-term abortions.
Ms Robinson urged individuals to contact their MPs to ask them to make sure that protections for unborn infants and moms are strengthened.
“By being proactive and taking motion, each single one in every of us could be a part of constructing a pro-life nation the place we shield and defend the suitable to life of each human being from conception to pure demise,” she mentioned.
