abortion-clinics.co.uk offers all women straight forward advice on how to address the difficult issue of arranging a private abortion and features an easy, click-through guide to finding an abortion clinic in their local area. Apart from getting direct access to the list of UK abortion clinics, users can easily access sources of abortion counselling and other abortion information services to help them come to a reasoned decision at what can be a time of great stress.

abortion-clinics.co.uk provides a wealth of abortion information, in the form of a drop-down section of FAQs, as well sections on the law, contraception and sexual health. Although it is orientated towards women who would like to arrange a private abortion, with the minimum of delay and worry, the entitlement to a termination on the NHS, and the procedures for obtaining one, are also laid out. The site explains, in everyday language and easy to understand terms, the importance of gaining access to supportive abortion counselling, through family planning clinics, GPs or abortion clinics, before going ahead with any arrangement for a termination with an abortion clinic: much of this sort of advice and reassurance is available within the site and by direct links to other sources.

Who can use an abortion clinic? What legal frameworks control abortion clinics?

What sources of post abortion counselling exist? Before considering a private abortion, how can you access emergency contraception? These questions, and many more, are answered in a friendly and non-judgemental way in the site’s sections on abortion information.

The search engine, which assists women in locating an abortion clinic, allows the user to find an exhaustive list of locally accessible abortion clinics, simply by entering the first three characters of her postcode. Users can then link straight to a summary of the details of an individual abortion clinic, including information about its distance away, and whether it will offer only a private abortion service or, also, procedures funded by NHS contract. A simple, further click will take the user to a map locating the abortion clinic, its opening hours and, usually a link to its website where details of its abortion information and abortion counselling services can be found.

A unique feature of abortion-clinics.co.uk is its external links to abortion information services in Spain and Ireland. The Spanish site also incorporates an easily searchable list of abortion clinics on the mainland and islands of Spain. The Irish link provides invaluable information for women seeking abortion counselling in the Republic of Ireland (including guidance on seeking a private abortion in England).

Whether you are a healthcare professional in search of a detailed description of abortion laws in the UK and abroad, or some one looking unprejudiced abortion information in plain language, abortion-clinics.co.uk is the best source of no nonsense advice. As abortion-clinics.co.uk can be accessed in over 20 different languages, it helps to demystify the process of seeking abortion counselling or a private abortion, by offering women of many cultural background direct links to abortion clinics and other sources of sexual health provision.

Abortion Worldwide—New Evidence Points

The evidence from around the world is clear: Levels of unintended pregnancy and abortion are declining globally as contraceptive use continues to increase, but unsafe abortion still harms and kills far too many women. Boosting access to family planning, providing safe abortion services and mitigating the impact of unsafe abortion should be priorities for policymakers, but national governments and donor countries alike often don’t do enough, according to “Facts and Consequences: Legality, Incidence and Safety of Abortion Worldwide by Susan A. Cohen

 One country that can and should do more is the United States. While the United States is the single largest donor to family planning overseas, its contribution is only about half of the $1 billion that it committed to providing. And while the United States has reaffirmed its support for postabortion care, including treatment for = septic or incomplete abortion, it could go further by supporting safe abortions directly—within the limits of the Helms Amendment—to save a woman’s life and in instances of rape or incest.

Who has access to Abortion in the United States

The issue of Medicaid funding goes to the heart of who has access to abortion in the United States and under what circumstances. Numerous studies have demonstrated the negative impact that Hyde Amendment restrictions can have on poor women facing an unwanted pregnancy. Lacking Medicaid coverage, some require a considerable amount of time to come up with the money to pay for an abortion on their own, often pulling resources from other family necessities, such as food or rent. As the cost of the procedure increases with gestation, low-income women may become trapped in a vicious cycle of scrambling to raise enough money before the cost increases further. Still, in a testament to their determination to control their own childbearing and act in their best interest and that of their families, some women do manage to obtain the abortion under these circumstances.

Other women, however, are left with no recourse but to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term. According to a 2009 report by the Guttmacher

Institute and Ibis Reproductive Health, based on an extensive review of the literature, approximately one in four women who would obtain a Medicaid-funded abortion if given the option instead have to continue their pregnancy.

The omnibus FY 2010 appropriations bill allowing the District to pay for medically necessary abortions using local funds is an important step in the right direction because it can help lessen the disproportionate barriers poor women encounter in seeking access to a safe abortion procedure. Rather than trying to reduce women’s recourse to abortion through coercive measures, U.S. policy—even as it guarantees access to those women who need an abortion—should focus on reducing unintended pregnancy, the underlying cause of almost all abortions, by actively promoting contraceptive use and ensuring universal access to family planning services.

Rape

http://www.rapecrisis.org.uk/

Domestic Violence

http://www.womensaid.org.uk/