In a letter dated 9/1/2019, this charity stated: ‘Save the Children UK believes that effective reproductive and sexual health services are vital for the survival, health and wellbeing of every woman, adolescent and child. Contraception and safe abortion services should be part of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services, as recommended by the World Health Organisation and the Lancet Commission of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.

‘Save the Children is rarely involved in the delivery of clinical services, except in humanitarian situations. Our work is more often supporting communities to access health care and to governments to improve the quality of their service. This would include contraception provision. However as Save the Children International is a recipient of the US Government funding for health, the Board, of Save the Children International has reluctantly decided that our country programmes run by Save the Children International will comply with the reinstatement and expansion of the U.S. government’s Protecting Lives in Global Health Assistance policy. This prohibits Save the Children International staff from supporting or promoting abortion except in cases of rape, incest and threat to the life of the woman.

‘This compliance does not apply to Save the Children UK and we continue to believe that women’s full sexual and reproductive health and rights as essential.’

Scoliosis Association UK

In a letter dated 17/12/2018, this charity stated: ‘SAUK is purely a support group for people (and the families of people) with scoliosis and does not fund research.’

Sense

This charity works with people with complex disabilities and those who are deafblind.

In a letter dated 18/12/2018, this charity stated:

‘I can confirm that any funding Sense receives does not go towards any reproductive health services, not do we support or refer to any organisations who do this work.

‘We also do not undertake any work in connection with termination of pregnancy or contraceptive services for women and girls.

‘We also have no involvement in any medical research using human embryos, nor do we financially support other organisations that undertake this research.

‘Finally we have no involvement with assisted dying and do not run any campaigns to promote assisted dying nor support other organisation who do this.’