UK: 5,000 teenagers a year have repeat abortions

By Steve Doughty
07th December 2009

More than 5,000 teenagers had an abortion last year that was at least their second termination.
This means that one in 20 of the teenagers who became pregnant ended it with their second or further abortion.

It caused further controversy yesterday over the Government's teen pregnancy strategy, which has not only failed to hit its targets but last year also saw numbers of conceptions among teenagers actually increase.

Critics have accused ministers of relying increasingly on abortion to deal with teen pregnancy. the rest