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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Abbi Garton-Crosbie

Data reveals abortion trends in Scotland similar over time

Abortion is in the spotlight amid a threat to women's right to choose in America

SINCE 1992 there have been over 350,000 pregnancy terminations in Scotland, the vast majority of which were within the 10-week gestation period.

Public Health Scotland has extensive data available from the 90s to 2020 which includes the age of the person seeking an abortion, the gestation time and the number of children the patient has already had – but it wasn’t always that simple.

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