Yesterday I posted about the rise in abortions in England and the health professionals’ call for greater access to contraception in order to prevent these unintended pregnancies. Life News has an article this week about PM Tony Blair’s meeting with Pope Benedict in which they offered some numbers regarding abortions in England. The most interesting number mentioned in the article was 50 million. 50 million represents the amount of money, in US dollars, that the British government spent promoting contraception in 2006. Yet despite this incredible advertising effort not only did abortions rise by 4%, but the percentage of women getting abortions after having previous abortions remained unchanged. This corresponds precisely with what I was saying yesterday. More education and greater access to contraception will NOT prevent unintended pregnancy and, as this report has proven, it may actually lead to an even greater number of abortions.

Check out:
Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI’s haunting and prophetic encyclical on the use of artificial contraception.