Abortion threads

Yes it's very odd. Always elaborate and always taking their time to make a decision. Rather sinister imo. Very "look at how hard my life is and I'm still going to keep the baby, aren't I good". Awful manipulation.

I was shocked by these numbers tbh. And that is despite the fact that 10-year olds are taught at school where the baby is coming from and how to prevent it. I mean, it's not working, is it? It's like abortion has become just another contraceptive method.

I’ve recently posted about this (not in AIBU) but I am definitely a genuine person. I name changed so it wouldn’t be outing but I have been on Mumsnet for many years. I am definitely a genuine person who is really going through it at the moment.

No-one minds genuine, reasoned debate on topical issues affecting women, @UsernameMcUsername. But the OP is highlighting something else - an insidious and artificially constructed series of posts deliberately trying to establish a false, unhelpful and at times malevolent narrative.

On the subject of threads on this issue being totally unsurprising, here are stats on rising abortion numbers and the fact that financial constraints are a huge factor....

Rising Cost of Living Drives Record Abortion Rate | BPAS

It’s access to choice that the site as a whole tends to support, I’ve found over many years here.

You’ll also find huge support for women who don’t want to be pressured by male partners to have an abortion.

Anytime anything a bit controversial is posted there's a flurry of similar threads after , I actually posted about it last week. Weirdos

I honestly don’t think this is true. They certainly aren’t routinely called murderers….

The PIP ones were mostly SPADS and journalists I thought. Definitely suspicious though, like you say.

The abortion ones, at least in part, seem to be flying a flag on behalf of those whacko foundations based in the US.

ooh yes, well spotted.

Maybe the reason for the anonymous posts rather than open debate is because so many women in real life are not open to debate at all on this issue. Anyone who doesn't fully support very liberal access to termination is called names and shut down immediately.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/02/us-anti-abortion-group-expands-campaign-in-uk

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20drjg3ly0o.amp

https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabortion-cash-floods-uk-free-speech-union-adf

I almost feel like it goes in cycles.

Last week it was full of pip/disability threads
This week it seems to be all about abortions

I agree, suspicious but if genuine then I guess they have named changed as they might not want anyone to know their previous posts.

I think a lot of posts, in general, are written by those very young kinds of twats who work for MPs? Garnering public opinion.

American fundamentalist “Christians” trying todo over here, what they have done over there. They are funding groups, funding legal action etc.

Awful people … nothing Christian about shouting at women outside clinics.

Indeed, @SumUp. Women benefit from encouragement to explore their options as soon as possible. In the UK and many other countries exploration of these options is free, and should be freely available.

There are many signposting resources online, for the different areas of the UK.

I think it is driven by the recent law change. It makes it a "topical" subject.

I thought it was because, say you find yourself in that situation you may google for advice and then a recent mumsnet post comes up, so you post there?

I think it follows the Lily Allan podcast. It’s got the there but by the grace of God posters in a lather.

I don't find it at all surprising given UK abortion / accidental pregnancy stats. There were 250,000 abortions in England and Wales in 2022 (the most recent year there are figures for). Add in Scotland and Northern Ireland and we're probably averaging 300,000 abortions in a year. The number of accidental pregnancies must be much higher, when you allow for all the ones which end in miscarriages or births rather than abortions...it can't be less than 400,000? So 400,000 women are working through this every year. That's going to throw up a few threads on a forum called Mumsnet - its actually surprising there aren't more. My guess is that factors like cost of living are pushing up the number of 'unwanted' abortions - women who feel torn about the pregnancy but just don't feel the money adds up. So more dilemmas. Its a bit tinfoil hat to think that an emotive issue hundreds of thousands of women go through is popping up 'too much' on a forum aimed at women of the relevant age group.

Maybe a new subsection is needed

YANBU, I have been thinking much the same thing. Also lots of threads about how feminism is bad and we should all go back to 'traditional ' values, dress modestly, etc. There's an agenda, and it's about putting women back in their box.