The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) has come under fire from SPUC for appearing “uninterested in offering women any other option that abortion.” It was discovered that the abortion giant forced pregnant women in Wales, who were looking for support, to wait 18 weeks for counselling.

Michael Robinson, SPUC Director of Communications said: “Often, abortion is not about choice, it is the result of a lack of choice. BPAS appears entirely uninterested in offering any options other than abortion. Their website advertises ‘pregnancy discussion options’, yet BPAS would not ensure that women have all resources and information available which would help them keep their baby. Instead they are telling women at an extremely vulnerable point in their lives, to wait 18 weeks to receive any support or information. At the very least this is hypocritical.”

Nikita Jain Jones, 31, was pregnant when she was wanting to speak to a counsellor about what support and options would be available to her.

Ms Jones was directed to BPAS by her GP. She then found that the abortion giant wanted her to wait 18 weeks for counselling.

SPUC’s Michael Robinson said: “Nikita’s experience shows that BPAS is only interested in performing abortions. They are not interested in offering women any other option. Women who have had abortions have described the UK abortion industry as a “cattle market” which has little regard for the wellbeing of women. We cannot be surprised that powerful abortion giants abandon women and have little regard for their health or wellbeing.

“No support before or after abortion”

Ms Jones, had an abortion and said that the experience had a severe effect on her mental and physical health and left her “traumatized.”

She received no support before or after the abortion.

She said: “I really struggled for the first couple of weeks following the abortion, I was bleeding heavily, I had clots, it was really painful and I had no support.

"Looking after my two children with no-one to talk to, no-one who understood, and no post-abortion counselling, that was traumatic.”

According to the BBC, another woman said that she was not offered clear advice and support when she decided to have an abortion in Cardiff last year.

She said: “I didn't feel that I needed any counselling before having the abortion, but I did feel a lot of shame and guilt and I felt really stupid for getting myself into that situation.

"It would have been nice if the doctor or nurse had given me the chance to talk about that stuff.”

"Lack of support can push women towards abortion”

Michael Robinson said: “We know that many women will be pushed towards abortion through lack of support. This is the challenge we face in the pro-life movement; to change hearts and minds so that women like Nikita can find the love and support to keep a baby through a difficult pregnancy. That support may come from a pro-life caring organisation or it may come from friends and neighbours who have been touched by the pro-life message and will reach out and offer real help.”

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