About one in four pregnancies worldwide end in an abortion every year. In England, Scotland and Wales, women have had a right to this crucial form of healthcare since 1967 – but such a right is meaningless if it cannot be exercised.
This fact is well understood by anti-abortion groups and legislators in the US, who, while awaiting permission from the supreme court to bring in an outright ban, are seeking to make it as difficult as possible for women to use abortion services. Now, here in the UK, women’s access to abortion is also being undermined.
