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Fewer Irish women opt for abortion

July 21, 2009
BBC News

The number of women travelling from the Republic of Ireland to the U.K. for abortions has continued to decline.

Figures released by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency show that last year 4,600 women attending abortion clinics in Britain gave an Irish address.

That was 86 fewer than in 2007, and 2,000 fewer than when the agency was established in 2001.

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