Abortions reached record levels in Scotland during the pandemic christiantoday.com

Abortion levels were at their highest since 2008 during the pandemic, latest figures show.

New data from Public Health Scotland revealed that 13,815 abortions were carried out in 2020, up 209 from 2019 and a 12-year high.

The abortion rate per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 also rose from 13.2 in 2019 to 13.4 in 2020, the highest rate recorded since regulations were changed in 1991 to require the sign off of two doctors…

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