British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP)

Really looking forward to speaking about intersectionality in our approach to abortion access at the @bsacp.org.uk conference later today - do come along and say hi if you're there!

Looking forward to giving the Closing Remarks at the @bsacp.org.uk Annual Conference 2015 (10th Anniversary) this Friday!

🎉 Join us in attending the 10th Annual @bsacp.org.uk Conference – Celebrating 10 years of Excellence in Abortion Care! 🎉

The CRRC are attending the conference, with members of the team presenting their research and abstracts!

You can read more about the event here: bsacp.org.uk/event/2025-b...

Tile with details of the 2025 BSACP Conference along with a profile photo of Dr Deirdre Hayes Ryan and details of two posters that she is presenting at the conference

Dr Deirdre Hayes-Ryan will present two posters at the upcoming 2025 @bsacp.org.uk Conference in London - do say hello if you're there!

Read more about our research here: www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

#BSACP2025 @cosrh.org @bpas.bsky.social @msichoicesuk.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

Looking forward to hearing @vkinkaid11.bsky.social speak at our conference in just over 2 weeks!

Get your ticket today: bsacp.org.uk/event/2025-b...

⏳Still time to submit for the 2025 BSACP Conference (3 Oct 25, @RCOG Building in London)!

🗓 Deadline: 31 Aug 25
🏆 Top entries = free membership for 1 year
📰 Oral abstracts published in @bmj.com SRH @cosrh.org

Join us & share your work!
More info 👉 bsacp.org.uk/event/2025-b...

Submissions for abstracts are now open as well! This is an excellent opportunity for professionals working in abortion care provision to share innovation and novel findings with colleagues working in the discipline.

Find out more: bsacp.org.uk/event/2025-b...

Keep the learning going and sign up for our MVA and D&E course the day after the conference. It is a great opportunity to learn more about surgical management of abortion and miscarriage across gestations

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Tickets for the 2025 Annual BSACP Conference are now on sale! Sign up today for our 10 year celebration and hear all about clinical updates and what is on the horizon for abortion care in the UK and beyond.

🎫 bsacp.org.uk/event/2025-b...

Happening now!

Dr Rebecca McKay and Dr Snigdha Veeramalla talking at the Doctors in Training stream about the fantastic work they are doing to expand access to education in abortion care for doctors training in O&G and CSRH.

#RCOG2025
@fsrh.org

Come meet our amazing Co-Chairs at our stand this afternoon!

@traceyamasters.bsky.social

We heard from Wes Streeting about the government’s plans for women’s health improvements in the UK.

#RCOG2025

#RCOG2025 has started! In her presidential address, Professor Ranee Thakar highlights the work we have been doing with #RCOG and many others including @fsrh.org @bpas.bsky.social and @msichoicesuk.bsky.social to decriminalise women.

We’re proud to see our joint work showcased in this address!

We’re all set up at #RCOG2025 ! We are at Stand D, come say hi and learn more about how we support our members.

It's time to act No woman should be arrested for ending her own pregnancy. Together, we can stop it. Help us this June.

@tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social and 80+ cross-party MPs have tabled Amendment NC1 to end the criminalisation of women for ending their own pregnancy.

We’re joining 50+ orgs urging MPs to support it.

📣 Tell your MP via the @bpas.bsky.social Tool: bpas-campaigns.org

We call for the decriminalisation of abortion.

Outdated laws are putting women through needless legal trauma, harming healthcare, and deterring providers.
Abortion is essential, compassionate care, not a crime.

Read our full statement: bsacp.org.uk/bsacp-statem...

www.rcog.org.uk/about-us/cam...

Important & welcome call from 6 Royal Colleges & 30 organisations for urgent action to stop horrific criminal investigations of women after pregnancy loss
rcog.org.uk/media/00sjehln…

@stellacreasy.bsky.social @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social @jessasatomp.bsky.social

Abortion skills and workforce 50 years on: an ageing workforce in need of rejuvenation The UK is sometimes portrayed as the abortion capital of Europe. While this should be celebrated as a mark of the excellent care provided to people in the UK (and to others who come to us from more re...

Timely & sobering editorial...

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British woman pleads guilty to conspiring to buy abortion pills to end pregnancy Sophie Harvey is one of six women in the past two years who have appeared in an English court charged with illegally ending their pregnancies

Another day, another young woman in court under our medieval abortion laws. Six years of torment and not knowing whether she'd go to prison - all after a natural pregnancy loss.

So glad that finally compassion was shown by the court

tortoisemedia.com/2024/12/18/b...

@phoebeivy.bsky.social

There are several, simple methods to obtain correct diagnostic ultrasound images to satisfy screening for CSP in the first trimester. The criteria that should be met are as follows: (a) partially full bladder facilitates evaluation of the lower uterine segment; (b) a sagittal 2-dimensional image of the whole uterus, showing the uterine fundus and cervix (external and internal cervical ora), should be obtained; (c) on the sagittal image, an imaginary line dividing the uterus in half between the fundus and the external cervical os should be drawn ( Figure 1 ). If the center of the gestational sac is above the line, it is most likely to be an intrauterine pregnancy. If it is below the line, the diagnosis is most likely CSP or, in very rare cases, a cervical pregnancy (in the latter, the lack of a history of CD will be evident). 32 A CSP can also be diagnosed when there is a gestational sac and/or early placenta within the post CD niche, with very thin (≤2 mm) or nonmeasurable myometrial thickness between the urinary bladder and the sac. 32 , 35 Importantly, ultrasound is most useful up to 6 to 7 weeks, as later in the first trimester the sac with the embryo will slowly populate the uterine cavity and may be misdiagnosed as an intrauterine pregnancy. The earlier in the first trimester that ultrasound is performed, the more reliable is the diagnosis.

Interesting review and call for screening for caesarean scar pregnancy in first trimester

ajog.org/article/S000...

Structural stigmatisation of abortion in the health system: Perspectives of abortion care-seekers, providers, managers, and funders in England and Wales Abortion has been legally permitted in England and Wales for over fifty years, yet this health service continues to be stigmatised within the health s…

Another excellent paper from @katyfootman

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

RCN position on decriminalisation of abortion in England, Wales and Scotland | Royal College of Nursing RCN position on decriminalisation of abortion in England, Wales and Scotland

Thank you thercn.bsky.social - 🎯

www.rcn.org.uk/About-us/Our...

From NICE Website - we have reviewed the evidence and are updating recommendations on anti-D prophylaxis for women having a medical or surgical abortion.

Thank you @nicecomms for listening to our concerns and agreeing to review the recommendations on anti-D in abortion care.

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