 | Ann Furedi has been CEO of British Pregnancy Advisory Service since 2003. Before then she was Director of Policy & Press for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the UK’s regulator of embryo research and assisted conception. Bpas specialises in later abortions and provides almost 70% of all those that take place in Britain. Furedi has written extensively in defence of women’s autonomy of reproductive choice. She currently chairs the Voice for Choice coalition of UK pro-choice organisations. |
Saturday 1 November 2008, 11.15am Lecture Theatre 1
Abortion: the hard arguments
"The audience were the stars of the Battle of Ideas - engaged, informed and enthusiastic. As a panellist, I felt both ashamed and educated. Exactly as it should be."
John Street, professor of politics, University of East Anglia
