{"id":297059,"date":"2023-08-25T10:40:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=297059"},"modified":"2023-08-24T14:04:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T19:04:35","slug":"birth-rates-england-wales-abortions-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/birth-rates-england-wales-abortions-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Birth rates in England and Wales plummet as abortions rise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Data recently released<\/a> from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that the birth rate in both England and Wales has plummeted. This follows last month’s news<\/a> that shows abortions in the two countries have been on the rise.<\/p>\n

Though the birth rate has been steadily decreasing, the 2022 numbers are the lowest they’ve been in 20 years. England and Wales recorded 605,479 births in 2022, a 3.1% drop from 624,828 in 2021 and the lowest number since 2002 when there were 596,122 births. In contrast, abortions in the two countries have skyrocketed. Data released by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) show there were 123,219 abortions between January and June of 2022 \u2014 a 17% increase from the 105,488 abortions between January and June of 2021.<\/p>\n

One of Britain’s leading demographic experts has called the falling birth rate numbers “a good thing.” Professor Sarah Harper CBE, founder and director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing touted the long-debunked notion that declining population is good for the planet.<\/p>\n