The Tragic Loss of Life

• UK law permits abortion of healthy babies up to 24 weeks. Babies suspected of having a disability can be aborted up to birth.
• 6,652,243 babies have lost their lives since the Abortion Act 1967. (1)
• More than 10% of the entire UK population.
• More than the combined populations of Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Carlisle, Chester, Derby, Durham, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northampton, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Swansea.
• 5 times the UK casualties in two World Wars
• More than 200,000 babies are aborted in Britain each year.
• Yearly abortion figures have tripled since 1967 and continue to rise.
• More than 600 babies are aborted every day.
• More than 3000 a year are killed after 20 weeks.
• Disabled babies can be aborted up to birth.
• 475 babies were aborted in 2006 for having Downs Syndrome. (1)

The Time is Right to Act Now

The pressure for change is now irresistible:

• Nine out of ten MPs want the abortion law to be under CONTINUOUS review in light of advances in medical science. (2)
• 63% of MPs support a reduction in the six-month upper age limit. (2)
• 68% of the public support a substantial reduction in the upper time limit for abortion to around 13 weeks. (3)
• Almost three-quarters of women support a reduction in the upper age limit to around 13 weeks. (3)
• Public opinion poll found that 81% of those who expressed an opinion believe that ways should be found of reducing the 200,000 abortions performed each year in Britain. (4)
• Even some in the abortion industry accept that change must happen. (5)

What’s happened to change our minds?

• Developments in medical science have increased our understanding of how babies develop in the womb.
• The abortion in 2001 of a baby at 28 weeks for cleft palate shocked the nation.
• Newspapers and TV have revealed the abuse of teenagers by a cash-driven abortion industry.
• Questions are regularly raised in Parliament concerning abortion clinics that harm women with bad practice.
• Increasingly, evidence reveals that many women suffer from depression after abortion. (6)
• Extensive research shows that after abortion a mother has an increased likelihood of subsequent premature births. (7)