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SPUC News, December 2002, noted that official figures for England and Wales showed the number of abortions funded by the state in 2001 was the highest ever at 134,705. 186,274 abortions were recorded and 176,364 were performed on residents. These figures do not include pregnancies that may have been ended by "so-called emergency contraception". There were 12,126 NHS abortions in Scotland in the same year. Image News (November 2002) states: "A report by the Family Planning for Glasgow NHS Board said a proposed large centralised abortion facility to replace the city's five abortion clinics would be a magnet for pro-life pickets, stigmatise patients and cause doctors whose only job was to perform abortions to become depressed. "Professor Allan Templeton secretary of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, seemed surprised that medical staff did not like to perform abortions. He said it was 'an interesting area' and could be 'enormously satisfying'.
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