Researchers and healthcare professionals at @ucl.ac.uk are looking for people with lived experience to help shape research on pregnancy, birth and long-term outcomes after pregnancy for survivors of gender-based violence. See below for more details on participation.

We’ve just published our Autumn 2025 newsletter featuring: A new £3.85M Wellcome Trust grant for contragestive research Highlights from RCOG, BSACP & ChallengeUs! Fresh blog posts, publications & team updates 📰 Read the full newsletter here: mailchi.mp/bpas/crrc_newsletter-4988681

🎉 Join us in attending the 10th Annual @bsacp.org.uk Conference – Celebrating 10 years of Excellence in Abortion Care! 🎉 The CRRC are attending the conference, with members of the team presenting their research and abstracts! You can read more about the event here: bsacp.org.uk/event/2025-b...

Join the @ukyoungacademy.bsky.social on 15 Sept in London to explore pregnancy & healthcare research: •How can we change underrepresentation of pregnancy in research? •What are the barriers to engaging during pregnancy? Register www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ukya_hos_dc/

🔦 Spotlight: Dr Julia Bailey @sexunzipped.bsky.social Dr Bailey’s work challenges binary ideas of sex/gender in SRHR research, urging inclusive, reflexive methods rooted in feminism + queer theory. Vital reading for abortion + contraception researchers. 📖 tinyurl.com/JuliaBaileyS...

We’re thrilled to share that our very own Dr Rachel Arkell has been awarded her PhD (passed with no corrections!) in collaboration with BPAS. Her research explored valproate prescribing, risk, and reproductive autonomy. Read more here: bit.ly/44T749g #valproate #phd

The CRRC is on LinkedIn! Follow us: linkedin.com/showcase/bpa... #abortion #crrc #bpas #research #communication #reproductivehealth

Are you interested in advancing research on abortion and reproductive healthcare? Work with us! Read more about past collaborative partnerships here: www.bpas.org/resources/re... If you're interested in working together, we’d love to hear from you! Get in touch at [email protected]. #workwithus

📢 Do you want to write for the CRRC Blog? We’re inviting pitches on abortion, contraception & reproductive health. 📝 500–700 words, public-facing & accessible Get in touch: [email protected] Full guidelines CRRC Blog: www.bpas.org/our-cause/ce...

We had a great time at the #ChallengeUs Showcase hosted by @OpenUniversity! Proud to share our study: Improving the care experience for medical abortion patients with a digitally enabled AI chatbot. @koula.bsky.social @lohrpa.bsky.social @RSSH_OU #abortion #AI

What do practice nurses think about medication abortion, and what’s stopping them from doing more? New 🇦🇺 study finds nurses are underused in abortion care, despite being skilled & well placed to help. 👉 More funding, education & normalisation needed. 🔗 bit.ly/4moKsnT #abortion #access #nurses

🎉 Wellbeing of Women and the NIHR have co funded our Research and Engagement Lead, Rebecca Blaylock, to undertake a doctoral fellowship at LSHTM to understand how telemedical abortion care has impacted the accessibility and equity of services. www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/what-we-do/r...

2024/5 has been a great year for @crrcbpas.bsky.social Read our 2024/5 Wrapped blog: www.bpas.org/our-cause/ce... #abortionresearch #reproductivehealth #BPAS #CRRC

📸 And here is the team behind this work! Read more about our new Research & Innovation Strategy here: bit.ly/4iVuijf7 @lohrpa.bsky.social #BPAS #reproductivehealth #abortion #research (2/2)

📢 Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Research & Innovation Strategy launch event! It was great to connect with the sector to discuss the future of abortion research. 📖 Read the full strategy: bit.ly/4iVuijf #abortion #strategy #bpas #innovation #health (1/2)

📢New blog alert! @lohrpa shares insights into how our new strategy was developing, and how involving staff, patients and external stakeholders was central to our approach. Read more here: bit.ly/4iVuijf #Abortion #Research #BPAS #PPI

Abortion research is critical to ensuring high-quality care and access—a historically underfunded and understudied area. Support this important work with our new donation button: Donate £10 every month: bit.ly/3DriNks Or make a one-off donation: bit.ly/3QGPNIG #abortion #research #donate

📢 Exciting news! We are launching our 2025–2030 Integrated Research & Innovation Strategy! We're embedding research into everything we do at BPAS -driving evidence-based, inclusive, and impactful abortion & reproductive healthcare. 🔗 bpas.org/media/3gdh0w... #Abortion #BPAS

📣 New research from @crrcbpas.bsky.social and @msichoicesuk.bsky.social out now in Journal of Adolescent Health about adolescent abortion care in England and Wales, and the impact of routine requirements for in-person consultation and ultrasound www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ever wonder what we’ve been up to at the CRRC? From conferences, blogs, research collaborations and publications, we’ve had a busy few month here. Find out more on our newsletter! Sign up here: mailchi.mp/bpas/crrc-ne... #AbortionResearch #Newsletter

@RCObsGyn is gathering input to identify key research priorities in women's health. If you have insights or experiences to share, fill out this form: 🔗 www.rcog.org.uk/womens-healt... Please share! #WomensHealth #ReproductiveHealth #Research #Abortion