1.   The Miscarriage Association believes that one in three pregnancies end in miscarriage often so early that even the mother is not aware.

2.   Even so, the government reckons that one in four pregnancies ends in abortion.

3.   Foster insists that he performed fewer than a dozen abortions, to save the life of the mother or end a pregnancy due to rape or incest.

4.   Unwanted pregnancies are common in Japan, with official statistics showing one in five pregnancies end in abortion.