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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · 23h

So-called crisis pregnancy centres masquerade as legitimate sources of medical information in order to mislead and manipulate vulnerable women.

Important piece from @bigissue.com

www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

What is the truth about crisis pregnancy centres in the UK?

Crisis pregnancy centres which have been known to “misinform” women around abortion have become increasingly “professionalised” in the UK.

www.bigissue.com

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · 10d

We need to bring abortion legislation in to the twenty-first century so that we can provide the best possible care for all women in the UK who need it.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · 11d

There is a persistent belief that abortion access in Europe is guaranteed - yet millions face barriers to timely, safe care. www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/the-myt...

With your monthly support BPAS can keep winning campaigns to protect abortion rights across the UK. www.bpas.org/our-cause/fu...

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · 26d

Congratulations to @birthcompanions.bsky.social Institute on your launch.

At BPAS, we know how vital it is to have evidence-based advocacy shaping services and policy. We look forward to seeing the impact of your work, and to continuing to stand alongside you in the fight for reproductive justice.

The Birth Companions Institute opened this week - a positive step forward in the UK to achieve better care, equity and justice for pregnant women, mothers and babies

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · Sep 11

This UK-first trial in Liverpool is a promising step towards breaking down access and wait-time barriers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · Sep 8

From the first UK birth control clinic in 1921, to the pill, IUDs, emergency contraception, and now pharmacy provision — access has come a long way. But too many people still struggle to get the contraception that’s right for them.

We need more choice, better access, & innovation

A visual timeline of key dates in contraception.
1915-1995.
1921 Marie Stopes first birth control clinic
1984 - the first oral emergency contraception pill launched

A timeline of contraception from 2001-2023
2005 - BPAS starts providing contraception services to abortion care patients
2023 - NHS England commissioned pharmacies to provide oral contraception

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · Jun 19

Women's stories have been so essential to the campaign for change. This is the reality of an abortion law written decades before women could even vote. And it's why we are so delighted that change is coming. www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a...

The shocking reality of the archaic abortion law MPs just voted out: 'I wasn't allowed to hold my baby'

Under a law from 1861, women were investigated for procuring illegal abortion, during some of the hardest moments of their lives. In an exclusive interview, Becca* tells us her story and why she's gra...

www.cosmopolitan.com

British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · Jun 19

On Tuesday, MPs voted 379 - 137 to decriminalise women accused of ending their own pregnancies.

This is a landmark moment for women’s rights and the most significant change to our abortion law since the 1967 Abortion Act was passed.

Thank you to all who worked with us on this essential change.

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · Jun 10

With three hours of debate time going ahead in parliament next week what we can do is;

⛔Stop police arrests
⛔Stop investigations
⛔Stop women being taken from their hospital beds to interrogations

Ask your MP to support amendment NC1.

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · Jun 10

We’re already taking part in this reform in Scotland – and are determined to make the same change in England and Wales.

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · Jun 10

We are working with experts, medical bodies & healthcare providers towards a new Abortion Act – that will bring our law up to date, treating abortion like the healthcare it is which means no more 2 doctors required to approve, no more grounds to meet & ensuring our law reflects what we need in 2025

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · Jun 10

BPAS started the campaign to decriminalise abortion in 2012, and we are fully committed to delivering this. The urgent, distressing problem of women facing prosecution and jail cannot wait for abortion law to be reformed; and neither should reform be rushed.

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · Jun 10

Alongside @msichoices.org, NUPAS & BSACP we have written to MPs asking them to support NC1 - to make sure we solve the urgent issue of women being criminalised now, & make sure that any change to the wider law is properly considered & does not risk harming the very thing we’re all trying to protect

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · Jun 1

A decade of campaigning to change abortion law but we’re being silenced by TfL at our final hurdle.

In a few weeks MP’s will vote on amendment NC1 to the Crime and Policing bill. An amendment that will prevent the traumatic events shown on our ads.

Email your local MP bpas-campaigns.org

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · May 31

We haven't, but if you want to forward his response to policy[at]bpas.org we would be very happy to take it up with him!

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · May 31

Women deserve to have their stories told and their voices heard – and the public has a right to hear them.

Please share to your social media with a link to our ‘Email your MP’ tool. bpas-campaigns.org

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · May 31

This ad isn't real. We mocked it up. Why? Transport for London rejected our campaign material because the advertisement "𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙚".

🔗 Read the full story here - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · May 31

You can read more about amendment NC1 and why we're all supporting it in the joint briefing here - bpas-campaigns.org/wp-content/u...

A screenshot of the top of a joint briefing entitled 'Abortion in the Crime and Policing Bill'. The briefing has the logos of 50 organisations at the top, including medical Royal colleges, abortion providers, violence against women and girls groups, trades unions, and women's rights organisations.

British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · May 31

So that's at committee stage - NC1 at report stage (where votes happen with all MPs) is this below. There's an issue with the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk web page for the amendment but it's on the list of amendments issued every night. 50 organisations and 116 MPs are supporting NC1.

A screenshot of a pdf document with the text of amendment NC1 to the Crime and Policing Bill, laid by Tonia Antoniazzi MP and supported by 115 more MPs from 8 parties. The amendment says 'For the purposes of the law related to abortion, including sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861, and the Infant Life Preservation Act 1929, no offence is committed by a woman acting in relation to her own pregnancy.'

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · May 29

Use our "email your MP" tool: bpas-campaigns.org to support this amendment

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · May 29

Alongside more than 50 organisations we support @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social MP's amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill which will remove women from the criminal law in relation ending their own pregnancies

www.stylist.co.uk/news/politic...

MP Tonia Antoniazzi on why she’s fighting to change our abortion laws

Stylist meets Tonia Antoniazzi, the Labour MP pushing to decriminalise abortion once and for all.

www.stylist.co.uk

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · May 27

We're calling on MPs to do one simple thing...

📢 Support amendment NC1 📢

Ask your MP to represent you in asking for women to be removed from an archaic law that was written before women even had the right to vote. bpas-campaigns.org

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · May 20

link in bio for our 30 second tool to locate and email your local MP

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · May 20

Yesterday, across England and Wales, 190 ads went live in support of our campaign to reform our cruel and archaic abortion law and protect women and girls from...

🚫 Life imprisonment
🚫 Arrests straight from hospital wards
🚫 Homes searched
🚫 Children taken away

Email your MP at bpas-campaigns.org

Poster about Zara, 15 years old, endured a lengthy police investigation after suffering a stillbirth

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · May 19

We work hard to make sure that being pro-choice in the UK isn't a party political issue. There are strong advocates for reproductive rights across all parties and none. That's how we changed the law on telemedicine and safe access zones in the last parliament even when government opposed.

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