Claim: One in four pregnancies in England and Wales ends in abortion.
Fact-check: Abortion rate lower than claimed as miscarriages not factored in - Full Fact
Verdict: this data does not include pregnancies which end in miscarriage. if the data factored these in, the proportion of all pregnancies which end in abortion would likely be considerably lower.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2021-08-06T00:00:00