Finland’s multifaceted approach to preventing teenage abortions has proven highly effective, with a 66 percent reduction reported between 2000 and 2023.
Although the decline in adolescent abortions is remarkable, the decrease in abortions among Finnish women of all ages is less spectacular. Over the last two decades, the overall number of abortions has stayed largely steady, with a little 2.9 percent increase from 2022 to 2023. This shows that, while youth gain from improved education and access to contraception, further interventions may be required to assist older age groups.
I am confused by this assessment. The people who were positively impacted in the early 2000s are now the older age group. Someone who was 15-20 years old in 2000 is 39-44 years old in 2024. And womens chance to get pregnant is declining steeply in their 40s.
So this implies that there is a loss of awareness and care in the same people as they grow older.