Abortions record high 'shows urgent need for contraception access'
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Over the past 10 years, rates have been increasing among older women over 35 and decreasing in under 18s,Doctors said the figures showed there was an urgent need to improve access to contraception for women of all ages.Rising rates in older women But rates have gone up in women aged 30-34 and the over 35s - from 6.7 to 9.2 per 1,000 women between 2008 and 2018.
"This is why we are calling for an end to fractured commissioning and greater accountability to stop the under-funding and fragmentation of these services which disproportionately affects women."Additionally. more than 4,600 abortions were carried out on non-residents in 2018, most from Ireland and Northern Ireland - a slight increase on the year before.
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