§ Lord Braine of Wheatleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they provide funds to any organisations which campaign against abortion. [HL502]
§ Baroness Jay of PaddingtonThe Government do not fund any organisation to campaign for or against abortion. We provide funding to a number of organisations involved in the provision of services, advice and information on family planning, reproductive health and services for pregnant women. In the United Kingdom, these include:
- Family Planning Association
- Brook Advisory Centres
- Catholic Marriage Care
- Scottish Family Planning Association
WA7 - Natural Family Planning Association
- Society for Information and Counselling on Miscarriage
- Welsh Family Planning Association
- LIFE (Northern Ireland)
- Family Planning Association (Northern Ireland)
- SATFA (Support Around Termination for Fetal Abnormality)
- CHILD (National Infertility Support Network)
- ISSUE (The National Fertility Association)
In addition, the Department for International Development (DFID) invested £70 million in reproductive and sexual health in 1996. DFID makes grants to a wide range of organisations involved in improving reproductive health throughout the world.
The views of organisations on abortion related issues are not sought as part of the funding process.