This is the Guardian.

Today, wire women in Britain, having to travel hundreds of miles for an abortion.

It was horrible. It was horrible. It was hard. It was sort of a very, very hard choice.

I've been speaking to a woman who were calling Nicola. She's in her 30s and she lives in the northwest with her two children.

Nicola's been in an abusive relationship and so towards the end of last year, when she found out she was pregnant, she decided to have a termination.

I was very, very shocked. Obviously it wasn't expected at all.

I'm obviously with personal circumstances at the moment it just was not the right time.

Abortion is one of the most common medical procedures in the UK.

One in three women will go through it by the time they're 45.

The number of abortions being carried out has been climbing every year for the past six years and is now higher than it's ever been before.

Doctors have told us that that rises due at least in part to the financial pressures on people at the moment.

And because contraceptive services are under strain.

I think it's the cost of living crisis, the economic situation and the ability to access good quality contraception.

Our colleagues in primary care and sexual services are absolutely inundated as well.

And I think we're just one reflection of how the entire NHS is under extreme pressure at the moment.

During the pandemic, the government changed the law so that women who were less than ten weeks pregnant could be sent pills through the post.

That scheme is still going and it's improved women's access to abortion.

But for women at a later stage in their pregnancy, the situations become more difficult.

Those who need surgical abortions are having to wait longer, which increases the risk of complications and in some cases they're having to travel hundreds of miles to terminate their pregnancies.

The legal limit for abortion in the UK is 24 weeks.

Nicola was 19 weeks pregnant and contacted a clinic to try and get a surgical abortion.

Nicola was told there was nowhere nearby that could help her.

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