Pregnant women are making the heartbreaking decision to have abortion because they can't afford to have the child, new statistics have revealed. The charity Pregnant then Screwed said nearly one in five had terminated a wanted pregnancy due to the soaring cost of childcare.
Further, six in 10 women said it influenced their decision. The average cost of putting a child into nursery part time rose to more than £7,000 this year, up by 2.5% for youngsters aged under two, said Coram Family and Childcare.
One mum-of-one, who asked not to be identified, told of the gut-wrenching decision she had to make to terminate her second pregnancy. She said: "I have found it heartbreaking that I have had to have an abortion primarily because we could not afford the cost of childcare. If I had continued my pregnancy of a much-wanted child I would have had to quit my job to care for them."
