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Demand for change as Lothians abortion rate hits 50 a week
The number of women having abortions in the Lothians has reached record levels, with 50 taking place every week.Health chiefs have urged couples to have a more responsible attitude to relationships and said more needed to be done to inform young people about the dangers of unprotected sex.
The city council's education leaders have defended their sex education programme.
But Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, said he was "horrified" by the statistics.
He said: "We used to say we were living in a post-Christian society, I would say at this present time we are living in a post-human society, where life seems to count for less and less, and we are just accepting that."
Full story at the Edinburgh Evening News.
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