Editing Abortion in the United Kingdom (section)

== Crisis pregnancy advice centres ==
The [[BBC]] ''[[Panorama (British TV programme)|Panorama]]'' team investigated crisis pregnancy advice centres and found over a third gave misleading medical information or unethical advice, or both. ''Panorama'' looked into 57 crisis pregnancy advice centres advertising, of these 34 sent users to the NHS website or regulated abortion providers.  Roughly 21 centres gave misleading medical information and/or unethical advice. 7 centres suggested falsely abortion could cause mental health problems, 8 centres suggested falsely abortion could cause infertility, and 5 centres suggested falsely abortion could cause increased risk of breast cancer. Leading obstetrician Dr Jonathan Lord stated "There is no increased risk of serious mental illness, infertility, or breast cancer after an abortion.  These centres are set up to target women who are struggling with their decision, and then give them false advice to try to sway them away from an abortion. They risk causing significant harm and damage to those especially-vulnerable patients." Jo Holmes, of the [[British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy]], stated the centre made biased and judgemental claims. "Counselling is about being able to explore what you're feeling in a safe place with no judgements, but any woman who went into a session like this would come out deeply traumatised."<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64751800 Abortion UK: Women 'manipulated' in crisis pregnancy advice centres] ''[[BBC]]''</ref>