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£7 million abortion clinic chain caught breaking the law opens series of new clinics

An abortion provider, previously caught breaking the law, has opened a number of new clinics.

The National Unplanned Pregnancy Advisory Service (NUPAS), an independent abortion provider, has announced the opening of at least three new clinics this year in Battersea, Stafford and Leeds, despite scandals in which doctors who worked for the company were found to be pre-signing abortion forms.

Under the Abortion Act 1967, two doctors must approve an abortion in good faith. However, in 2012, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found evidence that doctors would pre-sign blank  abortion consent forms.

Clinic responsible for the ending of 8,313 lives turned over almost £7 million in 2021

The latest statistics available for the numbers of abortions performed at individual clinics show that there were 8,313 abortions performed in 2019 at clinics owned by the company National Unplanned Pregnancy Advisory Service Limited. This included NUPAS branded clinics along with Bolton Pregnancy Advisory Service and Blackpool Pregnancy Advisory Service. The largest number of abortions performed, 2,874, were performed at their Manchester clinic. 

The company is headed up by Chief Exective Officer Aaron Flaherty, who is a director, along with Kathryn Devonport. 

Company accounts for National Unplanned Pregnancy Advisory Service Limited show that it made £6,738,976 of revenue in 2021. 

Earlier this year, NUPAS announced that it was “delighted” that ‘DIY’ abortions, which initially were introduced as part of the Government’s pandemic response, were to be made a permanent feature of the law. ‘DIY’ home abortions without a doctor’s supervision accounted for 52% of all abortions in 2021. A study suggested that between April 2020 and September 2021, more than 10,000 women had to receive hospital treatment following the use of medical abortion pills in England alone.

Abortion statistics released by the Department for Health and Social Care earlier this year show the highest number of abortions ever recorded in England and Wales, with 214,869 taking place in 2021, an increase of 4,009 from 2020.

This significant rise in abortions has accompanied the first full year that ‘DIY’ home abortion services have been operating in England and Wales. Since ‘DIY’ home abortions were introduced, a number of significant problems have arisen. 

Right To Life UK spokesperson Catherine Robinson said: “This abortion clinic chain profited from the ending of 8,313 lives through abortion in 2019. In 2021, the company made almost seven million pounds of revenue from ending thousands of lives. NUPAS has shown in the past that it has little regard for the law and is now looking to expand the number of lives that it profits from ending through abortion”.

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Thanks to the hard work and dedication of people like you across the UK, the McArthur assisted suicide Bill in Scotland was defeated in March by 69 votes to 57.

Then, in April, the Leadbeater assisted suicide Bill fell in the House of Lords.

Many commentators thought both Bills would become law.

If that had happened, governments in England, Scotland and Wales would now be preparing to roll out assisted suicide services.

Over the coming decades, this would have led to the deaths of many thousands of vulnerable people.

But that is not what happened.

Because supporters like you acted, those Bills were stopped.

Because of you, many vulnerable lives have been saved.

These were two very significant victories. But sadly, they are not the last battles we face this year.

The new Parliamentary session began on Wednesday. We now face three major threats.

  1. Attempts to bring back the Leadbeater assisted suicide Bill and bypass the House of Lords

    The assisted suicide lobby, led by Dignity in Dying, a multi-million-pound pressure group, has made it clear that it is going to attempt to bring back the Leadbeater assisted suicide Bill in the next parliamentary session.

    It then plans to use the Parliament Acts to bypass the House of Lords and force the Bill into law.

  2. Labour Government plans for a major expansion of abortion provision, including financial incentives for ‘lunch-hour’ abortions

    Under these plans, the Government would financially incentivise major abortion providers, BPAS and MSI Reproductive Choices, to provide ‘lunch-hour’ or ‘same-day’ abortions.

    ‘Lunch-hour’ abortion services are walk-in abortion services designed to fit into a woman’s lunch hour.

    Women facing an unplanned pregnancy need time, care and support, not a system that gives abortion clinics a financial incentive to rush them through consultations, scans and abortions on the same day.

    If these plans go ahead, many more lives are likely to be ended by abortion here in the UK.

  3. Extreme abortion up to birth proposals in Scotland

    In Scotland, plans are moving forward to introduce an extreme abortion up to birth law. This would go far beyond the abortion law change recently backed by the Lords for England and Wales.

    A review of abortion law in Scotland, commissioned by Humza Yousaf when he was Scottish First Minister, recommended that the Scottish Government scrap the current 24-week time limit – and abortion be available on social grounds, including for sex-selective purposes, right up to birth.

    The final plans are expected to be brought forward as a Government Bill in the new Scottish Parliament, which begins this Thursday.

If these three major threats succeed, thousands of vulnerable lives will be lost.

We cannot allow this to happen.

We can only defeat these three major threats with your help.

We ran our biggest campaigns ever to help defeat the assisted suicide Bills at Westminster and in Scotland.

That work has made a serious dent in our limited resources.

To cover this gap and ensure we can effectively defeat these three major threats in the coming months, we are aiming to raise at least £199,250 by midnight this Sunday (17 May 2026).

We are, therefore, appealing to you to please give as generously as you can.

Every donation, large or small, will make a crucial difference in saving the lives of the unborn and many others. Plus, if you are a UK taxpayer, £1 becomes £1.25 with Gift Aid at no extra cost to you.

By stopping these threats, YOU can save lives during this new Parliamentary session.

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