18 Year old has had 6 abortions

The government's multi-million pound campaign to reduce the number of abortions in the UK is failing. A record 18,619 under 18s had abortions in 2006 with one 18 year old having 6 abortions.

The figures gathered by the Department of Health show that the number of abortions has increased by over 2,500 per year since Labour came into power. Nine of the top ten locations for abortion all fell in the London area.

Many critics claim the government policy of allowing easy access to the morning after pill is partly to blame.

A spokesman for anti-abortion charity Alive and Kicking said: "These figures are the result of the modern attitude to sexuality - that sex is just a recreational activity. The Government never addresses the problem at its roots; it just has the sticking plaster attitude of making abortions easy. Its sex education classes are clearly not encouraging responsibility."

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