Abortion care provision: new advances and approaches

Two of the founders of the British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP) talk to Janie Foote, Editorial Manager of the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care (JFPRHC). Dr Tracey Masters, consultant in Sexual & Reproductive Health, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, spoke on ‘Training and working in abortion care’ and Dr Patricia Lohr, Medical Director, bpas, London, covered ‘Recent technical advances in abortion care’. Drs Masters and Lohr were two of the invited speakers at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) International Women’s Day ‘Abortion Care: Our Responsibility’ event held at the RCOG in London, UK on Friday 3 March 2017. They identify their event highlights, and explain why they consider now is a particularly exciting time to be working in abortion care provision. Suggested related articles can be found in the January 2017 issue of JFPRHC: • “Reforming abortion services in the UK: less hypocrisy, more acknowledgement of complexity” - http://jfprhc.bmj.com/content/43/1/3. • "Identifying indicators for quality abortion care: a systematic literature review” - http://jfprhc.bmj.com/content/43/1/7. • "Quality and abortion services" - http://jfprhc.bmj.com/content/43/1/16.

More information about abortion care can also be obtained on the British Society of Abortion Care Providers' (BSACP) website: http://www.bsacp.org.uk.