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A charity providing reproductive healthcare, including abortion care, to over 100,000 women every year. We passionately campaign for reproductive choice.
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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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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.
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Use our "email your MP" tool: bpas-campaigns.org to support this amendment
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link in bio for our 30 second tool to locate and email your local MP
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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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💜 Every donation helps us continue our vital work, ensuring that women have access to compassionate, high-quality reproductive healthcare.
Join us in supporting this inspiring journey and donate to Gail’s fundraiser to help her reach her £1,000 target!
👉 Donate today - bit.ly/GailBPAS
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Gail’s passion for BPAS’s mission is clear: "When the climb gets tough, I will think of our patients who are facing tough decisions. When it gets hard, I will think of the hard work our teams do to provide the best possible care."
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Emergency contraception should be as accessible as possible, with women supported and empowered to use this safe and effective medication without the imposition of clinically unnecessary barriers.
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There is clear precedent for such action. In 2000, the-then Secretary of State for Health reclassified Levonelle Emergency Contraception from a Prescription Only Medication (POM) to a Pharmacy Medication via a Statutory Instrument.
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This would allow women to purchase the medication straight from the shelves without a mandatory consultation across retail outlets, as happens in many other countries including the US, Sweden and Norway.
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BPAS, along with a wide range of organisations led by the
@fsrh.org, are calling on the government to reclassify emergency contraception from a Pharmacy (P) medicine to a General Sales List (GSL) medicine.
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The majority of women would also prefer that the pharmacist consultation is optional. In addition, research has indicated that women are too often being turned away due to lack of pharmacist availability or stock.
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Women who have experienced an unplanned pregnancy have told us that the requirement to undergo a mandatory consultation with a pharmacist deterred them from accessing emergency contraception when they needed it.
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We at BPAS believe that the Pill started a revolution – but that revolution remains unfinished. We need to keep pushing the boundaries, listening to what women want and meeting their needs. Will you join us?
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We need to do more than observe these ongoing trends – we need to act on them. Tackling barriers to access and reducing waiting times, while accelerating the pace of change and increasing investment in innovation - these are the solutions.