Number of women with Irish addresses having abortions in Britain falls

THE number of women giving Irish addresses at British abortion clinics has decreased for the eighth year in a row.

Figures released by the British Department of Health show in 2009, 4,422 women providing Irish addresses had terminations in England and Wales, a drop of 178 on the previous year.

The HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme (formerly the Crisis Pregnancy Agency) also revealed a decline in the number of women giving Irish addresses at abortion clinics in the Netherlands, falling from 351 in 2008 to 134 in 2009.