Next steps - and thank you!

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Dear John,

Last night, thanks to your help, MPs debated our plans to stop abortion clinic harassment by introducing buffer zones. The amendment we pushed forward had 43 MPs from 7 different parties signed up to it – making it the third most popular amendment out of the more than 100 proposed.

This success is down to the work supporters, like you, have done over the past few days.

Unfortunately, despite having a 300-page bill and more than 100 amendments to debate, the Government allowed less than five hours for debate. This meant that Parliament ran out of time, and MPs ultimately didn’t get the opportunity to vote on our amendment.

This is not a defeat. We know that the introduction of buffer zones is a popular policy right across the parties – and this amendment has helped us to further build this support.

We’re now in a prime position to bring this amendment back to Parliament as soon as possible – confident in the knowledge that when MPs get the chance to change the law, they will vote in favour.

We will be in touch soon with next steps for this campaign and also our campaign to protect access to at-home early abortion care. We have a new Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, and we need ensure that he makes permanent the temporary permission that was granted by Matt Hancock for telemedical abortion care.

Thank you again for your support for access to reproductive healthcare, abortion clinic staff, and the women that they care for.
Best wishes,

The BPAS team


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We Trust Women

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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.
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Just Say Non!

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Improving access to contraception

We're working with pharmacists nationwide to improve access to several methods of contraception, including the injection and the pill.
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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]) aims to understand and improve the communication of risk in pregnancy, to make things better for women.

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