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And one official is blaming abortion. But we’re not even that clear on the argument — we think he’s saying that because there are more abortions, there are less unwanted kids to be put up for adoption, but that’s a bad thing and a moral dilemma? Can someone clue us in on the downside here?

[Jackson Carlaw, Tory public-health spokesman] has queried if the 1967 Abortion Act is linked to the fall in adoptions. There has been a 750 per cent increase in abortions in Scotland since 1968, from 1,537 to 13,081 in 2006. But experts dismissed this as too simplistic an explanation.

“I’m not issuing a moralising polemic against the principle of abortion,” said Mr Carlaw. “I am merely analysing the trends that have followed the passing of the Abortion Act, seeking to bring them to public attention and hoping to encourage public debate about whether we are comfortable with the direction in which we are heading.

“It seems to me that, however worthy, sex education has failed. I would argue that there should be a fresh public discussion.”