--- title: Both Lives date: 2023-12-14T11:52:00+00:00 author: Lisa Curry canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/initiatives/both-lives" section: Pages --- Both Lives is a collaborative movement of individuals and organisations from diverse social, political and religious backgrounds. We began in 2017 as a campaign co-founded by the Evangelical Alliance in Northern Ireland and now exist as a UK-wide initiative of the Evangelical Alliance. ## **Read our latest article below:** [ ### Abortion decriminalisation: abortion up to birth – why should we care? Dawn McAvoy, Both Lives UK lead, comments on last week’s vote in parliament ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/abortion-decriminalisation-abortion-up-to-birth-why-should-we-care) [ ![Both Lives Podcast](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Web card BL POD 772x564](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Web-card-BL-POD-%E2%80%93-772x564.png) ](https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/initiatives/both-lives/both-lives-podcast) [#### Both Lives Podcast ](https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/initiatives/both-lives/both-lives-podcast) Listen to find out what it means to pursue the wellbeing of both women and unborn children [ Find out more ](https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/initiatives/both-lives/both-lives-podcast) [](https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/initiatives/both-lives/both-lives-podcast) [ ![God 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Law and statistics ](https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/initiatives/both-lives/statistics) Information about legislation and statistics on abortion across the UK, to inform conversations [ Find out more ](https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/initiatives/both-lives/statistics) [](https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/initiatives/both-lives/statistics) [ ![Culture: pro-both stories and comment](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Untitled design 56](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/2-2.png) ](https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/initiatives/both-lives/culture) [#### Culture: pro-both stories and comment ](https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/initiatives/both-lives/culture) Read stories of those impacted by abortion, and comment pieces that envision and encourage a life-affirming culture [ Find out more 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