Scotland recorded 18,783 abortions in 2025 — the highest total in the country’s history — breaking the previous record set just one year earlier, according to new figures from Public Health Scotland.
In almost 60% of cases, women took both abortion pills unsupervised at home. More than 40% of those who aborted had previously had an abortion.
The Christian Institute’s Dr Sharon James said: “Many claim that abortion provides freedom for women. They say it’s ‘necessary health care’, even a ‘reproductive right’. But in reality, women have been let down by this dreadful lie. The way to abortion is often paved with bitter tears. And it’s often followed by years of endless regret. Abortion has become the ‘choice’ that many women are expected to make. But if they are only offered one choice, that’s no choice at all. Every single one of these abortions in 2025 represents a baby’s life lost. Every one represents a mother in Scotland who has been betrayed by a false promise.”
The figures follow the Scottish Government’s Abortion Law Review Expert Group calling for abortion to be permitted beyond 24 weeks for almost any reason. The Christian Institute’s Joanna Timm described the review as “driven by activists whose demands are totally out of kilter with the Scottish public,” warning it seeks to repeal remaining safeguards and open the door to abortion on demand up to birth.
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