Amess questioning reveals East of England has lowest teen abortion rate
Conservative MP for Southend West David Amess has requested information on abortion rates in the East of England region.
Mr Amess wrote to the Minister for the Cabinet Office, asking for the figures on how many women and teenaged girls had abortions in each region.
He wrote to ask: “what the abortion rate among those under the age of (a) 18 and (b) 16 years was in each region in 2008.”
Mr Amess received a response from Gillian Merron, Minister of State for the Department of Health.
The figures Ms Merron provided show that the East of England has the lowest abortion rate in women aged under 18, with 14 per 1,000 women.
The Eastern region also has one of the lowest rates of abortion in girls aged under 16, at just 3 per 1,000.
The highest rate for under-18s was in London, at 25 per 1,000, and in the North West, the rate Is 21 per 1,000.
[...] Last week, Mr Amess’ inquiries into abortions in the UK revealed that the East of England region had one of the lowest rates of abortions performed on teenaged girls. [...]