Abortion levels hit record high in England and Wales
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Doctors performed a record number of abortions in England and Wales in 2003, with almost two percent of women aged 15 to 44 choosing to end a pregnancy, according to health ministry figures published in the British press.
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The number of children women are having has hit a 26-year high, statistics showed today.
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THE number of cases of HIV diagnosed in Scotland reached a record high over the summer, according to figures released yesterday. In all 105 diagnoses were reported to the Scottish
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A new released report shows that nearly 70,000 women, almost half of them in Asia, die from unsafe abortions each year. Asia accounts for 55 percent of the world&#39;s unsafe abortions.
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The number of people in the UK who lost their homes rose to 27,000 in 2007 - the highest figure since 1999.
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British public in danger of losing its 'moral focus' on abortion, says Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Portugal holds a referendum on Sunday to decide whether to legalise abortion, an emotive issue in the overwhelmingly Catholic country where there are worries not enough people will vote to validate a decision.
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There has been a huge rise in demand for fertility treatment among women in their forties, figures show.
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The Caesarean delivery rate for U.S. women hit a record high in 2005, spiking by nearly 50 percent in a decade, while teen births fell to a new low and births by unmarried mothers rose, according to government data released on Tuesday.
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The number of women who are leaving it late to have children is increasing, statistics show.
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The UK's population is growing as more women have babies in their thirties, according to experts.
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Unsafe abortions in the developing  world kill 68,000 women a year, research suggests.
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The number of people living beyond 100 years has reached a record high in England and Wales, official figures show.
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Nearly 70,000 women, almost half of them in Asia, die from unsafe abortions each year despite government pledges made a decade ago to improve human rights and reproductive health, researchers said Wednesday.
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High-risk pregnancies are on the rise in the United States and may be more common now than at any other time since modern obstetric care became available.
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Individual bankruptcies in England and Wales have risen to their highest level on record, official figures show.
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A new survey has revealed that 25 percent of women in the UK drink alcohol and a fifth smoke during pregnancy, ignoring the possibility that these two vices can lead to health hazards like mental retardation and birth defects in their babies.