Figures issued by the Department of Health indicate that in 2011 there were almost 190,000 registered abortions on resident women in England and Wales.

A further 6,000 abortions were registered on non-residents.

Paul Tully of SPUC commented: "The statistics also represent an increasing bonanza for the private abortion sector, as their share of the abortion market increases and more NHS money flows into their coffers.

"They are looking to widen their market further by promoting flawed birth control practices and by promoting abortion as a normal part of people's sexual health needs." [SPUC, 29 May]

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• Teachers at Salford school help girl pupil, 15, have abortion without telling her parents [Manchester Evening News, 1 June]
• Prince of Liechtenstein threatens to abdicate over abortion liberalisation [Tablet, 1 June]
• Sex-selection abortion ban draws majority support but fails in US House of Representatives [CNA, 1 June]
• Fr Kosmas, the "rubbish baby", is on fire for the unborn child [John Smeaton, 30 May]
• Liverpool doctor cleared of 'sex selection' baby accusations [Click Liverpool, 29 May]
• Guttmacher rattled by new Chilean study on maternal mortality [Pat Buckley, 28 May]
• Abortion is 'murder' for the purpose of population control, says Turkish prime minister [LifeSiteNews.com, 28 May]
• More Britons are paying Indian women to become surrogate mothers [Telegraph, 26 May]
• Pro-euthanasia activists gear up for fresh assault on Parliament [Peter Saunders, 31 May] 
• Parents are happier than non-parents, suggests North American study [LifeSiteNews.com, 25 May]
• Nobody owns his life: An integral defence of life [LifeSiteNews.com, 30 May]
• SPUC Evangelicals present award to George Verwer, a humble pro-life hero [John Smeaton, 27 May]