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Concern over teenage abortion rates in Wales

From The Christian Institute

More than half of teenage pregnancies in Wales end in abortion, prompting a call for a change of Government policy on terminations.

Almost 60 per cent of pregnant Welsh girls under the age of 16 have an abortion, according to news website Wales Online.

Just under half of pregnant under-18s also had a termination.

Pro-life group the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) said it was concerned the figures reflect the “pressures that young mothers face”.

SPUC’s General Secretary Paul Tully commented: “The latest quarterly abortion figures for Wales show the highest ever proportion of babies conceived to women and girls under 18 have died by abortion.

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