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British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)

British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)

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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.

bpas: Abortion in the UK - Prospects and Barriers

bpas finds nearly half of women with unplanned pregnancies experiencing difficulties accessing contraception

Nearly half of women with unplanned pregnancies have experienced difficulties obtaining the contraception of their choice amid greater restrictions on access to the full range of methods, research by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (bpas) suggests.

bpas response to “Boycott 40 Days For Life”

bpas express "deepest thanks" to all those who have made donations on this site, set up in response to the anti-abortion 40 Days For Life campaign in the UK.

bpas: Website hacking arrest an example of concerning escalation in anti-abortion activity

“The website of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (bpas) was hacked into and defaced for a period on 8th March, 2012. Bpas comment here.

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.