Women who had already had three or more abortions accounted for a further 4,600 abortions in 2014, the Department of Health has reported. Vix Proctor, a spokesperson for the abortion provider Marie Stopes, said that a majority of these women resort to abortions as "short-term methods of contraception".
Andrea Williams commented: "These tragic statistics highlight our nation's increasing disregard for the preciousness of life".