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    Abtreibungen auf Rekordhoch in England und Wales „aufgrund der Lebenshaltungskosten“ | Abtreibung


    Abtreibungen auf Rekordhoch in England und Wales „aufgrund der Lebenshaltungskosten“ | Abtreibung

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/abortions-record-high-england-wales-cost-of-living-contraception

    Von coffeewalnut08

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    1. i-readit2 on

      Nigel and co. Will soon put a stop to this. Reform Nigel’s right to refuse.

    2. Airjam_TBV on

      To the surprise of absolutely no one. But probably worth the sacrifice so those 9-10 digit bank accounts don’t suffer.

    4. coffeewalnut08 on

      This should serve as a reminder to any far-right politicians looking to turn abortion into a battleground – birth rates can be increased via simply making daily life more affordable, not forcing people to give birth.

    5. Birdie_92 on

      Obviously it’s sad that people feel like they can’t afford children. However it’s a good thing women in the UK have access to abortions, we are lucky to have that choice.

    6. bright_sorbet1 on

      Somewhat of a guess, but I also know more and more women who are no longer willing to put up with the side effects of taking the pill for decades of their life.

      I’d rather risk an abortion than dealing with the mood swings, weight gain and all the other crap.

    7. georgiebb on

      Whilst the headline doesn’t address it, the article does cover that this is also because it is so much harder to get long acting contraceptives now. Women are having to go through a painful procedure, which is for a lot of people extremely emotionally difficult as well, whilst they are on 18 month waiting lists for the long acting contraceptives that would have prevented the pregnancy. Not everyone has £3k spare to get an IUS fitted privately

    8. TheRealGouki on

      Feel like this is click bait If you don’t want a child don’t have unprotected sex. it talks about how woman can’t get contraception so they’re getting pregnant more. Condoms can be freely bought from the store and they’re cheap.

    9. AverageFishEye on

      How the hell does this happen? Sex ed is a part of the school curriculum and contraceptives can be bought everywhere

    10. knotatwist on

      Lack of access to contraception is a pretty huge one too that shouldn’t be ignored.

      15 years ago, at 18, I could go to multiple free, walk in sexual health clinics around my major UK city for contraception.

      If that wasn’t for me, I could call the doctor for an appointment (not necessarily same day) and get the pill in a normal GP appointment. Also free.

      By 2019 I had to go to a special sexual health clinic at my GP that only operated at cut hours (at a very busy surgery) as the GP wouldn’t deal with contraception appointments anymore. Even if you had an appointment you’d end up waiting for an hour to be seen.

      By 2020 I started buying my contraception online from online pharmacies because I’m a fully functioning adult in a long term relationship with enough money to be able to afford it and enough smarts to find out what options I had privately.

      Most of the youth sexual health clinics from when I was a teenager are gone, and where they used to serve up to 25 year olds they now only serve up to 19, so fewer people can use the services. I’m not sure about their walk in availability anymore.

      The process to get contraceptives is more complicated than getting a dr’s appointment these days, you get 3-6 months supply at a time so you’re going through it 2-4x per year, the hours are all over the place if you go to your GP and the signposting that was around when I was younger seems worse than ever. It’s no wonder people are going without.

    13. AwarenessWilling5435 on

      The only people I see with shit tons of kids nowadays are Africans or Asians. No idea what their secret is. 

    14. audigex on

      I’m really not surprised

      We’ve just had a child and even as a 90th percentile income household in a fairly low cost of living area, it doesn’t feel super comfortable

      Add in the fact that so many companies seem to be eyeing up redundancies (including the public sector) and I’m not even sure we’d have chosen to have a child if it was on the cards this year instead of last year

      People just don’t have the stability or confidence

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