Up to 12,000 women go to Britain for abortions each year, says study

UP to 12,000 women may be travelling to Britain for abortions every year - almost double the official figures.

Tue, 03 Jun, 2003 - 01:00

Dan Buckley

A study conducted by the Family Planning Association of Northern Ireland (FPANI) on women from both sides of the border concluded that more than 3,000 travel to Liverpool alone for abortions, twice the figure previously thought.

According to its findings, every year 2,000 from the Republic and around 1,000 from the North have terminations carried out in Liverpool.

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