The numbers
Every figure on this page traces to official statistics — DHSC (England and Wales), Public Health Scotland, and the NI Department of Health. Estimates between annual releases extrapolate the latest confirmed annual rate and are labelled as such.
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children killed since the Abortion Act came into force (1968) — estimate
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so far this year — estimate
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so far today — estimate
299,000
per year (latest annual totals, all UK nations)
819
every day
34
every hour — one every 105 seconds
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Sources
- DHSC, Abortion statistics for England and Wales (annual)
- Public Health Scotland, Termination of pregnancy statistics
- Northern Ireland Department of Health