The number of women having abortions has increased 3.9 per cent to an all-time annual high of 193,700, with the highest increase among teenagers."Blamed restrictions on the advertising of contraceptives on television"
Last year 41,286 under-20s terminated a pregnancy - a rise of 2,287 compared to 2005.
There was also an increase in the number of abortions by under 16s, from 3,786 in 2005, to 3,990 last year.
The news comes days after Government-funded advisers warned that teenagers are in the grip of a sexual health crisis fuelled by a celebrity culture which condones alcohol abuse, drug addiction and promiscuity.
The Independent Advisory Group said Britain now has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies and sexual infections in Europe and blamed restrictions on the advertising of contraceptives on television as well as the lack of compulsory sex education in schools.
Hmmm...
...a Unicef investigation that put Britain last in a table of 21 countries for children's well-being and found that more British children had sex by the age of 15 than in any other country.Not to be too self righteous though, the US is only just above the UK in most of the report.
They were also the third highest users of cannabis and more had been drunk by 11, 13 and 15 than anywhere else.
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