Public Speaker | Justice Reform and Reproductive Rights Advocate

Jade Blue McCrossen-Nethercott is an advocate, campaigner and commentator working across justice reform and reproductive rights. Her work focuses on improving outcomes for victims of rape and serious sexual offences, while also addressing wider issues of access, autonomy and inequality in women’s healthcare. She operates across policy, advocacy and frontline-informed work to challenge systemic failings and push for meaningful change.

Her perspective is shaped by both professional experience and lived reality, allowing her to bridge the gap between policy and what people actually face in practice. In 2020, Jade Blue’s rape case was dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service just days before trial, following a “sexsomnia” defence based on speculative expert evidence from clinicians who had never examined the defendant. Using the Victims’ Right to Review (VRR) process, she successfully challenged the decision, leading the CPS to acknowledge that the case should not have been dropped and that a jury would have been more likely than not to convict. She later brought a legal claim against the CPS, securing damages in 2024 for the way her case was handled.

Alongside her justice reform work, Jade Blue contributes to national conversations on abortion access and reproductive healthcare, drawing on her frontline experience within service delivery and advocacy. She is committed to ensuring these areas are not treated in isolation, but understood as part of a wider system that shapes women’s rights, safety and autonomy.

This work underpins her campaign, Right to Be Reviewed, which calls for the current CPS pilot to be made permanent and extended across England and Wales - ensuring survivors have a meaningful opportunity to challenge decisions not to prosecute.