Financial woes mount for pregnant women

AN increasing number of women attending pregnancy counselling services are weighed down with financial concerns, a new report out today reveals.

Well Woman’s head of counselling, Linda Wilson Long, said the financial implication of a crisis pregnancy was being given by more women as a reason for wanting an abortion.

The increased number of pregnant women with financial concerns who sought counselling last year is highlighted in Well Woman’s 2009 annual report to be launched today .