LIVERPOOL (OSV News) — Nearly one in three conceptions in England and Wales end in abortion, newest government figures have revealed. Statistics on annual conceptions released July 9 by the Office for National Statistics showed that in 2022, 29.69% of all conceptions in England and Wales ended in abortion, up from 26.54% a year earlier. The figures represent a huge increase in abortion within a decade, since in 2012 abortion ended 20.84% of conceptions — a fifth of all pregnancies. David Alton of Liverpool, a Catholic member of the House of Lords, Britain’s higher political chamber, said: “Abortion always ends a child’s life. The Office for National Statistics’ figures show there were 834,260 conceptions for women resident in England and Wales in 2022, and 247,703 of these conceptions led to abortion.