In a letter dated 18/12/2018, this charity enclosed a paper: “CARE 2020 Program Strategy: Sexual, Reproductive and Maternal Health and Rights” which stated: “Supporting sexual, reproductive rights is fundamental to CARE’s mission.”The following statements are taken from the Care International UK website:”CARE supports girls’ and women’s right to safe childbirth,…

ChildLine “is a counselling service for children and young people up to their 19th birthday in the United Kingdom provided by the NSPCC”.The website directs young people to organisations which provide contraception and abortion to young people including under the age of consent and without parental knowledge or consent.https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/friends-relationships-sex/sex-relationships/abortion/ https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/friends-relationships-sex/sex-relationships/contraception-safe-sex/An…

This charity stated in a letter dated 17/10/2018 that it “will support organisations that provide education on sexual and reproductive health and rights, including information on contraception and birth control resources to children and young people”. This organisation’s partners all “provide information on sexual and reproductive rights and health issues”.…

The following statements are taken from a five-page policy statement titled: “Christian Aid’s Policy on Family Planning”, published June 2015:”Reproductive health is vitally important in any discussion of global poverty and population levels.””We believe that increasing access to modern methods of contraception is necessary, but not in itself sufficient, for…

Brook promotes contraception and abortion to young people under 25. An indication of the approach Brook takes to young people can be seen in their “Sexual Behaviours Traffic Light Tool”. This advocates: “solitary masturbation, use of sexual language including swear and slang words, having girl/boyfriends who are of the same,…

Runs a Mother and Child Health programme which counsels all post-natal women about contraception. In a letter dated 2/11/2018 this charity stated that it promotes “the advantages of limiting family size” and provides oral contraceptives and condoms. In addition: “Women who request termination of an unwanted pregnancy are directed towards…

In a letter dated 16/11/2018 this charity stated: “Of the thousands of research projects we currently fund, only one involves human embryos … The embryos used in this research are left over from patients’ fertility treatment and donated by patients.” This project is being undertaken by Kathy Niakan at the…

In a letter dated 22/1/2019, this charity stated: “we support essential research using stem cells because we believe that they have the potential to cure conditions that are incurable today.”However, we will only fund research using embryonic stem cells where we can be sure:The application has been through a peer…

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (the Federation), of which British Red Cross is a part, promotes “reproductive health care as a basic human right for every woman” in disasters.As part of their Minimum Initial Service Package of Care, the Federation guarantees the availability of free…

This charity believes “that every parent should have access to non-directive information and support through antenatal testing and its consequences”.This organisation offers support to parents who decide either to continue with a pregnancy or abort because of “problems detected” in their unborn baby. In SPUC’s view there is a bias…

This is an umbrella group with over 140 member charities which are involved in medical research. All members of the AMRC are required to “support the principle of using animals in research”.The AMRC is less explicit about its support for the use of human embryos in research. However, in a…

In a letter dated 1/2/2019, this charity stated: “The position of Ataxia UK is that we do consider funding research that uses human embryo experimentation, although we are not funding any research of this kind at the moment. We recognise that particularly important ethical issues be taken into account when…

In a letter dated 15/1/2019, this charity stated:”At Barnardo’s, our primary focus is to support the UK’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged children, young people and families. We deliver this support through over 900 projects and services across the UK. Some of these services provide information and advice on reproductive health,…

This is a Christian charity with “a mission to equip and inspire individuals, schools, churches and organisations, in the UK and internationally, to transform culture by promoting healthy self-esteem, positive relationships and good sexual health”. In a letter dated 14/9/2018, Acet UK stated that topics delivered include relationships, sex, pregnancy,…

In a letter dated 13/2/2019 this charity stated: “We are trying to increase the public’s knowledge about our health activities, as there is a common perception that we purely focus on nutrition. As we reinforce health systems in the countries we support, reproductive health services play a big part, as…