Press releases

High numbers of women from Scotland forced to travel to England for abortion care

Heidi Stewart, Chief Executive of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, comments on high numbers of women from Scotland forced to travel to England for abortion care.

BPAS comment on Livia Tossici-Bolt guilty verdict, anti-abortion protester in Bournemouth

BPAS welcomes today’s verdict which will protect women and the staff who provide abortion care.

Every four days, a woman is forced to travel from Scotland to England to get an abortion, STV News reports

Heidi Stewart, Chief Executive of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service responding on the STV News investigation.

US anti-abortion group expands campaign in UK

The Guardian has reported that “a rightwing US group backing an anti-abortion campaigner whose case has become a new source of UK tensions with the Trump administration is significantly expanding activities and spending in Britain.

BPAS comment on US intervention in clinic protest case

Responding to the claims published in The Telegraph that the “PM’s hopes of avoiding Donald Trump’s tariffs may hinge on case of pro-life activist arrested for peaceful protest”, Heidi Stewart, Chief Executive comments.

BPAS comment on government's free morning-after-pill announcement

Commenting on the announcement from the Department of Health and Social Care that the ‘morning-after pill’ will be made available "free of charge at pharmacies on the NHS for the first time ever, ending the postcode lottery women face in accessing the medicine and reducing inequalities".