View this email in your browser ([link removed])
Dear John,

Today, we are calling on all MPs to support an amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill to decriminalise abortion and protect pregnant women in abusive relationships.
Take action ([link removed][UNIQID])

This amendment would decriminalise abortion, ensuring that victims can access safe legal services, and protect vulnerable women from criminalisation if they use abortion pills bought online. This amendment would also strengthen the law around non-consensual abortion, making it easier to prosecute violent partners who end a woman’s pregnancy without her consent.

The amendment is supported by a coalition of charities and medical bodies including Women’s Aid, Royal College of Midwives, and the End Violence Against Women Coalition.

We need support from as many MPs as possible, from across all political parties, to give us the best chance of securing a debate and a vote on this historic amendment NEXT WEEK.
Take action ([link removed][UNIQID])

There is more information about the amendment here ([link removed][UNIQID]) .

Please take one minute to email your MP NOW. ([link removed][UNIQID])
Thank you as always for your support.

Best wishes,

The bpas team

Victims of domestic abuse who cannot access in-clinic abortion care are forced to use online pills – risking up to life imprisonment. Ask your MP to support an amendment to protect women from prosecution.
Tweet ([link removed][UNIQID])

[link removed][UNIQID]
[link removed][UNIQID]
[link removed][UNIQID]
[link removed][UNIQID]


** Become a friend!
------------------------------------------------------------
You can support our work defending and extending reproductive rights by becoming a friend of bpas, from as little as £2 per month.

Sign up! ([link removed][UNIQID])


** Visit our shop
------------------------------------------------------------
You can support our work by visiting the friends of bpas shop! We have tote bags, pin badges and much more...

Shop now ([link removed][UNIQID])


** Our work
------------------------------------------------------------
We Trust Women

Under a law from 1861 any woman, anywhere in the UK, can go to prison for ending a pregnancy without the permission of two doctors. MPs support change, but we need the opportunity to make it happen. We are considering several legislative routes, including one based on the forthcoming Domestic Abuse Bill.
Preventing clinic protests

Anti-abortion activism targeted at clinics is on the rise in the UK. We are working to introduce buffer zones around abortion clinics to protect women and staff from intimidation and harassment. So far two buffer zones have been introduced, and more are in the pipeline.
Fighting the two-child benefits cap

The two-child benefits cap pushes families into poverty and impacts women's reproductive decisions. We are working with other UK charities to fight it. Read our briefing here ([link removed][UNIQID]) .
Just Say Non!

Our campaign for accessible emergency contraception has seen prices slashed across major pharmacy chains. We're now working to make it available straight from the pharmacy shelf, without a mandatory consultation – as already happens in the USA, Canada, and many European countries.
Improving access to contraception

We're working with pharmacists nationwide to improve access to several methods of contraception, including the injection and the pill.
Working with women in prisons

Our contraceptive counselling & well woman advice service in Europe's largest women’s prison, HMP Bronzefield, was an RCNi Nurse Awards ([link removed][UNIQID]) finalist. We provide confidential, non-judgemental counselling & education to aid women's wellbeing & rehabilitation.
Decriminalisation further afield

We’ve been working with pro-choice campaigners and the governments of the Isle of Man and Gibraltar to change their laws outlawing abortion and help them provide care for their citizens.
Wrisk

Women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy are bombarded with public health messages, for example about what to eat, drink, how much they should weigh, and what medications they should or shouldn’t take. The WRISK project ([link removed][UNIQID]) aims to understand and improve the communication of risk in pregnancy, to make things better for women.

============================================================
** Twitter ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Facebook ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Website ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Instagram ([link removed][UNIQID])
Copyright © 2020 BPAS, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you have previously signed up to receive email updates from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service.

Our mailing address is:
BPAS
30-31
Furnival Street
London, Greater London EC4A 1JQ
United Kingdom
You can email us at [email protected]

Our privacy policy is ** here ([link removed][UNIQID])
. We use MailChimp to manage our membership lists and communicate with subscribers. You can read MailChimp’s privacy policy ** here ([link removed][UNIQID])
. MailChimp will store your data securely, and neither bpas nor MailChimp will share your data with anyone else.

Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can ** update your preferences ([link removed])
or ** unsubscribe from this list ([link removed])
.
Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp
[link removed]