Dear Editor,
In her article ‘the elderly and economics’, September en, Louise Morse drew attention to an editorial in the Independent which included ‘The problem isn’t that there are too many older people, but that there are too few younger ones’.
She also referred to reports from British businesses facing serious skills shortages, especially at leadership levels, partly because there are ‘too few younger entrants’.
Not much publicity is given these days to the annual UK abortion statistics, but they cannot but point to a reason for the shortage of younger people. In 1961 total abortions in the UK were 14,300. Legislation for legalisation of abortions was introduced in 1967 and, by 1971, they had increased to 102,047. In the following 40 years the numbers continued to increase; for example 1981 – 139,999 and 2011 – 203,691. Numbers reduced in the last three years but continue to give cause for concern: 2012 – 198,646, 2013 – 198,064 and 2014 – 197,045. (Johnstonarchive.net)
When will our Parliamentarians realise that God knows best?
Yours,
