The practice of abortion dates back to ancient times -- with the first recorded evidence found in the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus in 1550 BC. Since then, various methods have been used to terminate pregnancies, and abortion laws and their enforcement have changed through the ages. Join us on a whistle-stop tour of the history of...
The fight for abortion rights is a long and difficult one, with setbacks to counter every victory. Even for those of us who live in countries with access to legal abortion, our rights were hard won by those who came before us – and even for us, nothing is guaranteed. As we’ve seen in the...
People of African, Caribbean and Asian descent in the England and Wales have abortions. In 2020 209,917 abortion procedures occurred in England and Wales. One in five people who had an abortion were non-white residents of England and Wales - 14,694 (7%) Black, 18,892 (9%) Asian and 8,396 (4%) were Mixed . But are the...