In a letter dated 19/12/2019, this charity stated: “Embrace currently supports maternal care projects with three partners. Our funding focuses on maternal care and safe delivery, as this is the support our partners have requested. These projects do not have a specific focus on family planning. Terminations are generally illegal in the Middle East or very heavily regulated and this is not a service which our partners are equipped or legally mandated to perform.
“However they would, where appropriate, refer cases on to the appropriate clinics, for instance in high risk pregnancies.”