Increasing numbers consider abortion ‘because of recession’

Published: Sunday, June 27, 2010

Women in increasing numbers are considering terminating pregnancies as a consequence of the recession, according to Dublin's Well Woman Centre.

Chief executive Alison Begas said yesterday that up to one in five of the 2,000 of so women who presented to Well Woman for pregnancy counselling last year cited financial concerns as the main reason why they were seeking information on having a termination.

Some of the women were married and already had children, some were professionals who had had their salaries or hours cut, and some came to discuss their options accompanied by their partners who had recently lost their jobs, she said.

She said figures collated by Well Woman's three centres in Dublin - Ballsbridge, Coolock and Liffey Street in the city centre - which offer non-directive counselling, showed increased numbers of women with financial concerns attending for pregnancy counselling services in 2009.

by EITHNE DONNELLAN Health Correspondent - The Irish Times

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