Do abortion rates reflect morality? - The Times 26th October 2007

The assumption is taking hold that the gradual increase in the abortion rate in recent years is a reflection of moral decline as women “use abortion as contraception” (leading article, Oct 25). An examination of statistics and wider social trends tells a different story. It shows us that women’s attempts to control their fertility, through use of contraception and abortion, take place today in a context that is very different to the 1960s. Abortion rates must be situated in relation to fertility statistics, and these demonstrate the rising age of childbirth, and a gradually increasing rate of childlessness.

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