Many people want to support charities which do not go against their pro-life values. This updated guide has been prepared to help you in deciding which charities you would like to support.
The Traffic Light Guide includes only the stated or known stance and activities of the charities listed. The following ranking system is used to score the charities:
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SANE
Unknown status
We do not currently have details for this charity.
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Sarcoma UK
Amber
In a letter dated 16/4/2019 this charity stated: “We don’t have a specific policy on Human Embryo use in Research, and I can confirm that no research funded to date by Sarcoma UK has involved the use of Human Embryo (sic). In line with our membership of the Association of Medical Research Charity (sic), we use a peer review college of academics, clinicians and scientists to scrutinise and assess the best proposals…” [#AMRC#]
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Save the Children
Red
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.” -
Scar Free Foundation
Unknown status
We do not currently have details for this charity.
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Scleroderma and Raynaud’s UK (SRUK)
Unknown status
We do not currently have details for this charity.
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Scoliosis Association UK
Green
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.”
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Scope
Unknown status
We do not currently have details for this charity.
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Sense
Green
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.” -
Sexpression:UK
Red
“Sexpression:UK is a student-led independent charity that empowers young people to make decisions about sex and relationships by running informal and comprehensive SRE in the community.”
This organisation promotes explicit sex education in schools, contraception for young people and support for intersex, non-binary gender and transgender young people among other issues which run contrary to human dignity. This organisation is sponsored by the condom manufacturers, Durex. http://sexpression.org.uk/ -
Shaw Trust
Unknown status
We do not currently have details for this charity.
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Shelter
Amber
In an undated letter received in 2019, this charity stated: “Whilst Shelter would try and help anyone who comes to us for assistance where we can, we don’t have any services directly focused on women’s reproductive health but if we could, we would try and help link them in with appropriate services where possible.”
More research is needed to find out exactly which services Shelter would refer women to. -
Sight Research UK
Amber
In a letter dated 20/3/2019 the Chief Executive of this charity stated: “I can … confirm that the National Eye Research Centre funds early stage, fundamental scientific research where the use of embryonic stem cells does largely not apply. To date, we have not funded such research and we are not likely to fund it in the future.”
The National Eye Research Centre “Policy on funding research making use of embryonic stem cells” states: “The National Eye Research Centre funds research carried out in universities and other research institutions across the UK which abide by the guidelines issued by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.” [#AMRC#] -
Solving Kids’ Cancer
Unknown status
We do not currently have details for this charity.
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Spina Bifida Hydrcephalus Scotland (SBH Scotland)
Green
In a letter dated 20/12/2018 this charity stated: “We do not support any research into human embryo experimentation or support any external organisations in this field. Where parents meet the correct criteria we do support the recent developments in In Utero Surgery.”
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Spina bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality
a.k.a. Shine
Red
In a letter dated 10/5/2019 this charity stated: “Shine does not have a policy on human embryo experimentation, as this issue has never arisen for us. None of the scientific researchers working on Neural Tube Defects in the UK use human embryos for their studies.
“Shine supports the right to opt for termination of pregnancy as per the law in England and Wales, but firmly believes parents-to-be need to have accurate and personalised information on their child’s condition on which to base their decision. This is the basis for informed consent. Our most recent information on the website on prevention on NTDs, Folic for Life, emphasises the need to use reliable contraception, and alerts people to the failure rate in ‘typical use’ of popular methods of contraception”.