Flanders News : Surge in abortion cases
These figures are surprisingly high, especially if they are (among ?) the lowest in the world. (really ? :? ) I suppose that some women abort several times, thus bringing up the average.
1/3 of the population of Brussels is made of foreigners (about half if naturalised foreigners or people with foreign ancestry in the last 3 generations are taken into account), which could explain the discrepancy with the rest of the country.
Flanders News said:...
In 2005 17,867 women terminated a pregnancy. The figure is 935 up on the year.
One in eight pregnancies is now being terminated. In Brussels the figure is one in five.
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Abortion was legalised in Belgium in 1990. Terminations can be carried out until the twelfth week of a pregnancy.
Most terminations are performed on women aged 20 to 24.
Experts are worried about the increase, but Ann Verougstraete a doctor at the VUB University Hospital in Brussels says that the Belgian figures are the lowest in the world.
These figures are surprisingly high, especially if they are (among ?) the lowest in the world. (really ? :? ) I suppose that some women abort several times, thus bringing up the average.
1/3 of the population of Brussels is made of foreigners (about half if naturalised foreigners or people with foreign ancestry in the last 3 generations are taken into account), which could explain the discrepancy with the rest of the country.