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organisations

British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)
4th floor
Amec House
Timothy's Bridge Road
Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9BF
Actionline: 08457 30 40 30 (Mon-Fri 8am-9pm, Sat 8.30am-6pm, Sun 9.30am-2.30pm)
Website: www.bpas.org
Provides affordable services to those who wish to prevent an unplanned pregnancy with contraception or end one by abortion. Offers pregnancy testing, information on abortion procedures and care, after-abortion support and emergency contraception. Can help arrange counselling as well as offer information.

British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF)
Saffron House
6-10 Kirby Street
London EC1N 8TS
Tel: 020 7421 2600 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
E-mail: mail@baaf.org.uk
Website: www.baaf.org.uk
Leading UK charity offering information and advice to those concerned with adoption, fostering and child care. There is a free agency search service to help locate a suitable adoption agency, and the FAQ section has useful information and contacts.

CAREconfidential
Clarendon House
9-11 Church Street
Basingstoke RG21 7QG
Free Helpline: 0800 028 2228
Website: www.careconfidential.com
Offers free, confidential, information, advice and support to anyone facing an unplanned pregnancy or dealing with post-abortion issues including a national helpline and the Online Advisor secure web based counselling service.

fpa (formerly the Family Planning Association)
50 Featherstone Street
London EC1Y 8QU
Helplines:
England: 0845 122 8690 (Mon-Fri 9am-6pm)
Northern Ireland: 0845 122 8687 (Mon-Thurs 9am-5pm, Fri 9am-4.30pm)
Website: www.fpa.org.uk
The fpa can advise on all sexual health matters, including contraception. The website has a special section advising on abortion and can give details of local clinics. Single copies of leaflets on all methods of contraception are free with an SAE.

LIFE
Life House
Newbold Terrace
Leamington Spa CV32 4EA
Helpline: 0800 915 4600
Text-to-talk: 07786 200330
E-mail: info@lifecharity.org.uk
Website: www.lifecharity.org.uk
Pro-life charity with 120 centres across the UK. Offers free confidential information, counselling, and practical support for women contemplating abortion, suffering after pregnancy loss or struggling to cope after abortion.

Marie Stopes International (MSI)
153-157 Cleveland Street
London W1T 6QW
Tel: 020 7574 7400
Abortion information: 0845 300 8090 (24 hours, every day)
Health screening information: 0845 300 0460 (24 hours, every day)
E-mail: services@mariestopes.org.uk
Website: www.mariestopes.org.uk
Reproductive healthcare charity dealing in sexual health, abortion, contraception and health screening. MSI's founding principle is to respect the rights of individuals to choose.

websites

Abortion Help
www.abortion-help.co.uk
Abortion Help is a non-judgemental online information source from Marie Stopes International, aimed at providing information for women thinking of an abortion. They promise honest, private and straightforward advice.

Abortion Rights
www.abortionrights.org.uk
National pro-choice campaign believes women should be allowed to make up their own minds on abortion, regardless of their circumstances. The website offers help and advice for women considering an abortion.

Alive and Kicking Campaign
www.aliveandkickingcampaign.org
Campaign to make abortion rare.

Education for Choice (EfC)
www.efc.org.uk
EfC provides education and training resources on abortion for young people from a pro-choice perspective with a view to enabling them to make an informed decision about their future.

NetDoctor
www.netdoctor.co.uk/sex
Chat online to experienced family doctors about any number of issues, including contraception, abortion, depression and counselling.

Abortion Law
www.prochoiceforum.org.uk/ocrabortlaw12.asp
Looks at the 1967 Abortion Law from an historical perspective.

Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC)
www.spuc.org.uk
SPUC affirms, defends and promotes the existence and value of human life from the moment of conception.

reading

Unspeakable Losses: Healing from miscarriage, abortion and other pregnancy loss by Kim Kluger-Bell (William Morrow, 2000) A compassionate guide to helping women and their partners grieve and come to terms with the loss of a pregnancy through abortion or miscarriage.
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The Healing Choice: Your guide to emotional recovery after an abortion by Candace Du Puy and Dan Dovitch (Prentice Hall & IBD 1997)
Written from a psychological rather than religious perspective, this book discusses the long-term emotional and psychological repercussions of abortion with exercises to help work through the stages of grief naturally.
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