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. . .at the present rate and with no further increase in demand the annual number of abortions in England and Wales would be at least 35,000. He compared this demand with an estimate from the Ministry of Health and Registrar General’s Office of 1,600 therapeutic abortions in 1958 and 2,800 in 1962. The public have thus endorsed the Act<\/em> and are asking doctors to implement it in a liberal way. . . . It is apparent that the Abortion Act<\/em> has brought many people what they wanted-namely, a more liberal attitude towards the termination of pregnancy. . . The number of unwanted pregnancies indicated by the latest figures underlines the need for all doctors working in the National Health Service to provide adequate and accurate advice on contraception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BMJ. (Editorial) Demand for Abortion.<\/a> Br Med J. 1969;1(5638):199-200. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

British Medical Journal Extract. . .at the present rate and with no further increase in demand the annual number of abortions in England and Wales would be at least 35,000. 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