A joint statement from the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP), Doctors for Choice UK, My Body My Life, and Abortion Talk.

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Women and people who were assigned female at birth are made to feel shame and guilt about so many things. This shame is usually linked to our reproductive health or sex lives.

The leaked SCOTUS draft decision to overturn Roe v Wade has led to a surge in abortion news and for many of us some intense emotions. If you are anything like me, you have been obsessively consuming media about the leak over the past weeks.

The way abortion is depicted is a key part of its destigmatisation. The French film ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ has a depiction of abortion I can’t stop thinking about.