Resources and links
Organisations offering abortion referral and counselling
British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)
Head Office:
Austy Manor
Wootten Wawen
Solihull
West Midlands B95 6BX
Actionline tel: 08457 304030
www.bpas.org
BPAS is a non-profitmaking charity which provides a counselling service and NHS-approved abortion facilities. BPAS operates nine clinics and 32 branches in England, Wales and Scotland. Contact the Actionline for details of your nearest centre.
Brook Advisory Centres
National Office
165 Grays Inn Road
London WC1X 8UD
Tel: 020 7713 9000
www.brook.org.uk
Brook Advisory Centres offer advice and information to people under 25 on relationships, contraception, pregnancy (including testing), and abortion referral (to the NHS if possible). Services are free. Brook has 33 branches in England and Scotland, and one in Belfast. Contact the National Office for details of the one nearest you.
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Marie Stopes International
Free phone 0800 716 390
www.mariestopes.org.uk
Marie Stopes International provides counselling, abortion services and referral for people of all ages. Fees are charged for services. Centres in London, Leeds, Manchester and Essex. For all enquiries ring the free phone number.
Campaigning organisations
Abortion Rights Office (National Abortion Campaign has merged with the Abortion Law Reform Association to form Abortion Rights)
2-12 Pentonville Road
London N1 9FP
Tel: 020 7278 5539
Fax: 020 7833 8170
www.abortionrights.org.uk
Abortion Rights campaigns on abortion rights, provides information and publishes a newsletter.
Voice for Choice
2-12 Pentonville Road
London N1 9FP
Tel: 020 7278 5539
Fax: 020 7278 5236
Email: vfc@abortionrights.org.uk
Voice for Choice is a national umbrella group of organisations and individuals campaigning for a more liberal abortion law and better NHS provision. Their website is their campaign platform.
Reading
Understanding abortion by Mary Pipes, (The Women’s Press, second edition 1998).
A comprehensive and supportive guide to the medical, legal, emotional and practical aspects of abortion. Available from Women’s Health at a special price of £5, including postage.
Coping with a termination: advice on the emotional and practical difficulties of an unwanted pregnancy by Dr David Haslam (1996).
Sympathetic explanation of each stage of the process from initial reactions to an unplanned pregnancy, through the experience of abortion and afterwards. Includes women’s personal accounts.
Who’s Having your Baby – A Health Rights Handbook for Maternity Care by Beverley Beech, (Bedford Square Press, 1991).
Unplanned Pregnancy – Making the Right Choice for You by Debby Klein and Tara Kaufmann, (Thorsons, 1996).
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