{"id":148130,"date":"2022-06-14T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=148130"},"modified":"2022-06-17T11:58:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T15:58:59","slug":"shock-numbers-for-scottish-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/shock-numbers-for-scottish-abortion","title":{"rendered":"Shocking abortion numbers in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"last-updated\">Last updated on June 17th, 2022 at 11:58 am<\/p>\n<p>On 31 May, Public Health Scotland (PHS), i.e., the Scottish public health service, released the result of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealthscotland.scot\/publications\/termination-of-pregnancy-statistics\/termination-of-pregnancy-statistics-year-ending-december-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statistics for the year 2021 concerning abortion numbers<\/a> in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, there was a total of 13,758 babies killed in the womb in Scotland, 13.4 per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44, a figure slightly lower than 13,896 terminations in 2020, the <em>annus horribilis<\/em> of Scottish abortion, with a rate of 13.5. Even in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, <a href=\"https:\/\/evangelicalfocus.com\/europe\/17115\/over-13700-abortions-in-scotland-in-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">socio-economic motivations remain<\/a>, but, frankly, in the face of such numbers they matter to a point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, out of a total of 13,758 abortions, 99 percent of them, or 13,676 babies aborted, were by medication (abortion pill). In 53% of the cases (7,310 children) both drugs of the protocol provided for chemical abortion were taken at home, in total solitude by the woman, probably and falsely &#8220;assisted&#8221; via telemedicine, <a href=\"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/it\/l-aborto-fai-da-te-un-abuso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">with all the abuses that iFamNews has pointed out several times<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 29% of the cases (3,939 children), only the second medication was taken at home and 18% (2,427 children) in the clinic or hospital.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surgical abortions accounted for 0.6 percent of total pregnancy terminations in Scotland in 2021: 82 babies in total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Scottish-abortion-figures-2021.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Scottish-abortion-figures-2021.png 1024w, https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Scottish-abortion-figures-2021-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Scottish-abortion-figures-2021-750x420.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/england-and-wales-don-t-put-the-brakes-on-do-it-yourself-abortions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">As England and Wales have already done<\/a>, Scotland also aims to make <a href=\"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/home-abortion-a-direct-threat-to-womens-health-and-lives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;DIY abortion&#8221; a permanent thing<\/a>. As a reminder, this type of abortion is self-administered by women of all ages and conditions, and was introduced during the pandemic crisis period. 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