Submissions Invited for the Inaugural James Trussell Essay Prize: ‘Removing Barriers to Safe Abortion’

27 June 2019 Submissions are invited for a new annual award, the ‘James Trussell Essay Prize’, jointly sponsored by the British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP) and bpas (British Pregnancy Advisory Service). The ‘James Trussell Essay Prize’ (value £150.00) will be awarded to the author of an essay on a... read more »

RCN Nursing Education in TOP Services Survey

26 June 2019 BSACP has been asked to publicise this RCN initiative with which two BSACP Council members are actively involved. BSACP members are encouraged to either personally participate in this survey (if they are RCN members) and/or alternatively share information about the survey with colleagues/relevant members of their clinical... read more »

'Abortion Across Borders' - New Book Reviewed by Sam Rowlands

8 June 2019 Sam Rowlands reviews a new book entitled 'Abortion Across Borders: Transnational Travel and Access to Abortion Services' which is all about travelling for abortion or, as the authors of the chapter on Ireland prefer to call it, "reproductive mobility and restrictions thereof", which is currently a very... read more »

FINAL REMINDER: BSACP Webinar: 'What should we teach medical students about abortion?' - Jayne Kavanagh - Tuesday 4 June 2019, 6.30pm

3 June 2019 NEW BSACP Webinar: 'What should we teach medical students about abortion?' by Dr Jayne Kavanagh Tuesday 4 June 2019, 6.30pm (BST time) *Webinar produced in collaboration with Doctors for Choice UK Dr Kavanagh is a Principal Clinical Teaching... read more »

Scottish Abortion Care Providers (SACP) Conference, Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert, Stirlingshire, UK, Friday 14 June 2019 – REGISTER NOW!

10 May 2019 The programme for this conference covers a broad range of timely topics including: Efficacy and safety of home use of misoprostol; Improving abortion services throughout Scotland; Rhesus prophylaxis and medical abortion: what’s the evidence?; Improving information given to women with a short animation; Implementing safe abortion in... read more »

BSACP to Relaunch its Webinar Series – Save These Dates!

8 May 2019 BSACP is relaunching its webinar series in 2019, with the three webinars listed below currently scheduled for release. Tuesday 4 June 2019 at 6.30pm “What should we be teaching medical students about abortion?”* - Dr Jayne Kavanagh (Principal Clinical Teaching Fellow and Medical Ethics Lead at University College London... read more »

IN MEMORIAM – David Paintin, UK Obstetrician-Gynaecologist, Lifelong Abortion Rights Campaigner

27 April 2019 David Paintin, Hon FFSRH, MBChB, FRCOG, was part of the group from the Abortion Law Reform Association (ALRA) in Britain, which he joined in 1963, that supported Lord Silkin and MP David Steel during the parliamentary debates that resulted in the passage of the 1967 Abortion Act.... read more »

'Impossible to Possible': Abortion Provision in Ireland - TEDx Talk by Dr Mary Favier

18 April 2019 In a recent TEDx talk given at University College Cork (UCC), Cork-based general practitioner (GP) Dr Mary Favier describes how she campaigned for many years to remove the Eighth Amendment, and takes us on a moving journey from Ireland’s past, present and future showcasing the devastating struggles... read more »

Comments Invited on NICE Draft Guideline on Termination of Pregnancy

15 April 2019 The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Draft Guideline on Termination of Pregnancy and its supporting evidence are now out for consultation. BSACP is a stakeholder organisation for this guideline and as such we have been invited to submit feedback on the draft guideline. BSACP's Council... read more »

BSACP Co-Chairs Newsletter Spring 2019

15 April 2019 The first of a series of quarterly Newsletters compiled by BSACP's Co-Chairs has been published in the website section entitled 'BSACP Newsletters'. The aim of these regular Newsletters is to update BSACP members and other interested healthcare professionals on the Society's recent activities. The Spring 2019 Newsletter can... read more »

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