Women ‘cannot afford abortion in Britain’

ABORTION Support Network says the number of Irish women contacting it because they cannot meet the cost of an abortion in Britain has more than doubled since the start of the year.

The London-based organisation was set up in October 2009 to provide accommodation and financial assistance to women travelling from Ireland.

Figures from the Department of Health in Britain show that 4,402 women providing Irish addresses had terminations in England and Wales last year. It was a drop of 20 on the year before and the ninth year in a row when the numbers travelling fell.