Recent parliamentary question on teens and abortion

Below is a recent question asked in parliament, about teenage girls and abortion. The answer and tables are presented below. In 2010 3,716 teenage girls between 13-15 years old in England and Wales had an abortion. Two girls under 13 had and abortion. Also in 2010, 22,870 teenagers aged 16-18 had an abortion. David Paton, professor of economics at the university of Nottingham, is one of the foremost experts in the UK on teen pregnancy, contraceptive provision, and abortion, especially under the previous government and has written valuable studies on this topic. You can read his studies and presentations on the internet and on the SPUC director blog.

Every year SPUC sends trained speakers into secondary schools, colleges, and universities all over the UK, presenting an accurate fact-based pro-life presentation for students. It is one of the most important things we do, because pupils and students deserve to hear the truth. To find out more email email eileenbrydon@spuc.org.uk or danielblackman@spuc.org.uk 

Abortion: Young People

Mr Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of abortions were performed on (a) children under 13 years old, (b) 13 to 15 years olds and (c) 16 to 18 year olds in the smallest geographical NHS area for which information is available in (i) 2012, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2008.

Anna Soubry: Data are set out in the following tables. Data for 2012 are not yet available; data for 2011 (the most recent published) have been shown instead.

Abortions: totals, rates and percentages, by age groups under 19 and strategic health authority 2008
		Total abortions				Percentages of total
		Under 13	13 to 15	16 to 18	Total all	Under 13	13 to 15	16 to 18	All ages
England and Wales		7	4,106	26,541	195,296	0	2	14	100
England		7	3,877	25,115	186,218	0	2	13	100
	North East	1	240	1,240	7,482	0	3	17	100
	North West	0	608	3,875	25,019	0	2	15	100
	Yorkshire and the Humber	1	478	2,583	16,699	0	3	15	100
	East Midlands	1	314	1,906	12,409	0	3	15	100
	West Midlands	0	464	3,037	20,476	0	2	15	100
	East of England	1	312	2,288	16,460	0	2	14	100
	London	3	603	4,587	48,679	0	1	9	100
	South East Coast	0	281	1,899	13,248	0	2	14	100
	South Central	0	250	1,537	11,934	0	2	13	100
	South West	0	327	2,163	13,812	0	2	16	100
Wales		0	229	1,426	9,078	0	3	16	100

Abortions: totals, rates and percentages, by age groups under 19 and strategic health authority 2010
		Total abortions				Percentages of total
		Under 13	13 to 15	16 to 18	Total all	Under 13	13 to 15	16 to 18	All ages
England and Wales		2	3,716	22,870	189,574	0	2	12	100
England		2	3,499	21,664	180,942	0	2	12	100
	North East	1	217	1,016	7,029	0	3	14	100
	North West	0	553	3,395	24,933	0	2	14	100
	Yorkshire and the Humber	1	407	2,130	15,547	0	3	14	100
	East Midlands	0	291	1,551	11,869	0	2	13	100
	West Midlands	0	455	2,576	20,331	0	2	13	100
	East of England	0	313	2,155	16,829	0	2	13	100
	London	0	502	3,911	46,686	0	1	8	100
	South East Coast	0	255	1,783	13,200	0	2	14	100
	South Central	0	194	1,301	11,533	0	2	11	100
	South West	0	312	1,846	12,985	0	2	14	100
Wales		0	217	1,206	8,632	0	3	14	100