SUDEP Action welcomes the removal of men and boys from the Accelerated UK Pregnancy Prevention Programme. We echo the call of Prof Angus-Leppan for more urgent reforms of the UKs national medicines regulations. bmj.com/content/386/bm…

📢 Exciting news! We are launching our 2025–2030 Integrated Research & Innovation Strategy! We're embedding research into everything we do at BPAS -driving evidence-based, inclusive, and impactful abortion & reproductive healthcare. 🔗 bpas.org/media/3gdh0wo2… #Abortion #BPAS

We mourn Professor Margot Brazier, who died peacefully on 4 March. Margot's work inspired generations of healthcare lawyers and ethicists, and informed health policy for decades. Margot was exceptionally kind, clever, funny and wise. We will miss her so much UoM Law

So excited that our symposium, funded by Broadly Conceived, is now open for registration! We'll be examining the potential impact of the Law Commissions' report on surrogacy in relation to wider reproductive technologies. Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/surrogacy-re…

📢New blog alert! Patricia Lohr shares insights into how our new strategy was developing, and how involving staff, patients and external stakeholders was central to our approach. Read more here: bit.ly/4iVuijf #Abortion #Research #BPAS #PPI

🔍Get involved! Ever struggled with contraception choices? Your voice matters! We're looking for 4 people (18-35, AFAB) to help co-produce our contraception project. 📅 Apply by 31st March 2025! 📩Link: coproductioncollective.co.uk/news/join-the-…

⌛️Just 6 days left to express your interest in joining our contraception project! We're looking for 4 people (18-35, AFAB) with lived reproductive health and contraception experience to help co-produce the project. More here: coproductioncollective.co.uk/news/join-th...

🚨NEXT EVENT🚨 5 May, 7-8.30pm UK time. In-conversation with Hannah Zeavin (Berkeley Center for New Media) & Helen Charman (Cambridge University) about The Technological and Political Mediation of Motherhood. Read more: broadlyconceived.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/the…

LAST CALL - Looking for a new skill? Apply for the BioNews news writing scheme for UCL Researcher Experience grad students and postdocs. Write about #lifesciences #biomed #bioethics - and get published! Deadline: 5pm on Sunday 27 April. For details see ucl.ac.uk/human-resource…

Tickets are still available for our half-day symposium exploring the future regulation of reproductive technologies- funded by Broadly Conceived Lottie Park-Morton Natalie Richardson Uni of Greenwich Attendance is free!

Can you help? Email [email protected] with any questions.

🚨NEXT BC SMALL GRANT SHOWCASE🚨 30 June, 7-8.30pm. Ellie discussing 'Name the Midwives: Identifying the women working for the Royal Maternity Charity, 1761-1915' & Naoise Gale 'Four stories: encouraging empathy towards pregnant people with substance use disorder'

🧵of commentaries on why this sort of thinking about pregnant women is so wrong: 1. Using meconium to establish prenatal alcohol exposure in the UK: ethical, legal and social considerations jme.bmj.com/content/49/8/5… Rachel Arkell Clare Murphy

"Every time we accept a limit, we inch closer to a world where no abortion is safe, legal, or accessible." Read Dr. Shelley Sella's powerful op-ed. time.com/7292801/third-…

Today we're delighted to welcome Rachel Arkell to talk about her research on sodium valproate and pregnancy. SV is a potentially lifesaving medication for epilepsy and BPD. Its association with foetal risk raises questions of consent, autonomy and risk in pregnancy prevention.

Can you help? buff.ly/SntLT30

MotherToBaby is currently enrolling pregnant people in observational studies looking at eczema (moderate to severe atopic dermatitis). All studies are conducted through phone interviews—no changes to normal treatment or travel required. ➡️ Mothertobaby.org/Studies

The BioNews writing scheme for UCL Researcher Experience grad students is back! Write about #lifesciences #biomed #bioethics, receive feedback on your work and have articles published in your name. Deadline to apply: 5pm Thursday 18 September Full details⬇️ ucl.ac.uk/human-resource…

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