Key Statistics
FERTILITY RETURNS POST-BIRTH WITHIN
ABORTION STATS ARE AT A RECORD HIGH, WITH
IN BRITAIN 45 % 21 around
17 %
DAYS 25
1 IN 8 parous women conceive and continue another pregnancy WITHIN A YEAR OF A PREVIOUS BIRTH 26
WITHIN 1 YEAR women presenting for an abortion or delivery had conceived 1 IN 13 – ALMOST – INCREASE IN COMPARISON TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR IN 2022 27 SAVINGS OF £32 PROVIDING CONTRACEPTION SERVICE in maternity settings has an estimated to the public sector for every £1 invested 33 OF A PREVIOUS BIRTH 30
of pregnancies are unplanned or ambivalent 24
ALMOST HALF of women resumed some form of sexual activity within 8 WEEKS of delivery 29
An increasing proportion of abortions in women who already have children 28
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Miscarriage is the most adverse pregnancy outcome IN THE UK 10 % TO 15 % OF ALL PREGNANCIES END IN MISCARRIAGE 31
ALMOST of women are unable to
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access their preferred method of postnatal contraception 32
24 The National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3). 25 NHS.uk. Sex and contraception after birth
30 Heller R, Cameron S, Briggs R, et al. Postpartum contraception: a missed opportunity to prevent unintended pregnancy and short inter-pregnancy intervals. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2016;42:93–8. 31 Glasier A, Bhattacharya S, Evers H, Gemzell-Danielsson K, Hardman S, Heikinheimo O, La Vecchia C, Somigliana E; Annual Capri Workshop Group. Contraception after pregnancy. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2019 Nov;98(11):1378-1385. doi: 10.1111/aogs.13627. Epub 2019 May 13. PMID: 31001809. 32 Moffat M, Jackowich R, Möller-Christensen C, Sullivan C, Rankin J. Demographic and pregnancy-related predictors of postnatal contraception uptake: A cross-sectional study. BJOG. 2024; 131(10): 1360–1367. 33 Public Health England. PHE Women’s Reproductive Health Programme 2020 to 2021.
26 Heller R, Cameron S, Briggs R, et al. Postpartum contraception: a missed opportunity to prevent unintended pregnancy and short inter-pregnancy intervals. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2016;42:93–8. 27 Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. Abortion statistics for England and Wales: 2022. 28 Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. Abortion statistics for England and Wales: 2022. 29 Moffat M, Jackowich R, Möller-Christensen C, Sullivan C, Rankin J. Demographic and pregnancy-related predictors of postnatal contraception uptake: A cross-sectional study. 2024; 131(10): 1360–1367.
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