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Welcome
bpas (British Pregnancy Advisory Service) is Britain's largest single abortion provider, caring for over 55,000 women each year. We also provide pregnancy testing, contraception, sterilisation and vasectomy in over 50 consultation centres and clinics located throughout the UK.
bpas supports reproductive choice and health by advocating and providing high quality, affordable services to help women and men prevent unwanted pregnancies with contraception or end them by abortion. We can also help women who have decided to terminate a pregnancy following a diagnosis of fetal anomaly.
bpas offers a range of other reproductive health services, including an online service offering STI testing, emergency contraception, and treatment and advice for erectile dysfunction. Our service is respected for its quality of care, delivered by highly-trained staff who are sensitive and non-judgemental.
bpas is committed to education, research and the development of good practice. We play a significant role in providing accurate, up-to-date information and informed comment on sexual health to Parliamentarians, policy makers, journalists, opinion-formers and researchers.
Please see www.bpas.org for further information or call the Press and Public Policy team on 020 7612 0206.
Press Releases
bpas: Abortion in the US: Popularity, Politics and Practice
We often hear of the ‘Americanisation’ of abortion politics in the UK, but unpicking the substantive threats to women’s reproductive rights in the US can be a challenge. The 2012 bpas public lecture will explore the current state of abortion politics in the US and, at a time when abortion appears increasingly politicised in the UK, reflect on what lessons can be drawn by those keen to protect women’s reproductive autonomy elsewhere.
bpas: Taking stock of the morning-after pill
Clare Murphy, BPAS Director of Press and Public Policy, discusses the reaction to BPAS’s Christmas campaign promoting advance prescription of the Emergency Contraceptive Pill.
BPAS: Women considering abortion "should be reassured" by AMRC report into abortion and mental health
bpas comment on publication of Academy of Medical Royal Colleges review on mental health and abortion
bpas launches scheme to allow women access to free emergency hormonal contraception in advance over the phone
To help women prevent unwanted pregnancy over the festive season, sexual health charity bpas is launching a novel scheme enabling women across the UK to request free emergency hormonal contraception in advance over the phone – delivered to their home.
BPAS chief Ann Furedi: "We are committed to helping women avoid the need for abortion"
BPAS chief Ann Furedi commented on the charity's campaign for responsible sexual activity this Christmas
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bpas: Abortion in the US: Popularity, Politics and Practice
We often hear of the ‘Americanisation’ of abortion politics in the UK, but unpicking the substantive threats to women’s reproductive rights in the US can be a challenge. The 2012 bpas public lecture will explore the current state of abortion politics in the US and, at a time when abortion appears increasingly politicised in the UK, reflect on what lessons can be drawn by those keen to protect women’s reproductive autonomy elsewhere.
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