People across the United Kingdom stopped for a minute of silence today to commemorate ten million lives lost to abortion in England, Wales and Scotland since its widespread legalisation in 1967.

It is projected that the ten millionth baby had their life ended at 11:41am today.

In 2021, more than one baby was lost to abortion every two and a half minutes; 26 lives were ended every hour.

The number of abortions in England and Wales reached a record high of 214,869 last year, while 13,758 were performed in Scotland.

Opinion polls repeatedly show that the public wants increased protections for unborn babies and the number of abortions reduced, rather than the wholesale removal of legal safeguards around abortion.