Review: Young, British and Anti-Abortion offers timely insight into GenZ pro-life activism

03 December 2024

Daniel Frampton, SPUC’s Editorial Officer, reviews the documentary “Young, British and Anti-Abortion”, which aired last week on BBC One and iPlayer.

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More Christians persecuted by “illiberal” buffer zones laws around UK

03 December 2024

More pro-life Christians pro-life have been found guilty of breaching abortion buffer zones around the UK. SPUC has called these “anti-Christian” prosecutions “profoundly troubling”.

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Assisted suicide a “self-fulfilling prophecy”, MPs warn House of Commons during debate

03 December 2024

Many MPs spoke out against Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill, even though the proposed law was approved by 330 votes to 275 on 29 November.

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Assisted suicide bill passes first Commons vote in “deeply disappointing” result for vulnerable people

29 November 2024

Today, on 29 November, Westminster MPs voted 330 to 275 in favour of Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

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"Dear MP": Why the assisted suicide bill threatens my son’s precious life

28 November 2024

I am writing to ask you to vote against the Assisted Dying Bill, because I am afraid for my son's future.

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Over 400 breaches of assisted suicide “safeguards” in Ontario show inherent danger in Leadbeater Bill

28 November 2024

428 cases of doctors breaching assisted suicide guidelines in the Canadian province of Ontario have been recorded since 2018.

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Outrage as pro-assisted suicide ads appear in tube stations, where suicide is tragically common

27 November 2024

SPUC has slammed a pro-assisted suicide advertising campaign across the Transport for London (TfL) network as “irresponsible” and “beyond belief” when suicide is a common occurrence at stations across the capital.

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"Dear MP": A Nurse’s Call to Reject Assisted Suicide

27 November 2024

I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of West Bridgford and a nurse with 22 years of experience.

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‘Mercy killings’ are often domestic homicides of women by men, “devastating” study shows

26 November 2024

The think thank The Other Half has warned that the legalisation of assisted suicide in the UK poses an “unacceptable risk that women are coerced into state death”.

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Don’t dump granny: MPs must reject assisted suicide bill

Daniel Frampton 26 November 2024

According to Japanese folklore, elderly relatives were removed to a mountain or one of Japan’s haunted forests and left to die, a practice called “ubasute”, or granny dumping. However widespread this prevaricating form of euthanasia really was, it appears that the UK might soon introduce a similar policy for its own aged people.

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British public wants end of life care commission before any vote on assisted suicide, poll finds

22 November 2024

Seven in 10 of the British public support a commission into end of life care before any vote on assisted suicide takes place, a new poll has found.

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Britain on the brink – why dementia patients will be next

20 November 2024

The vote on Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill is fast approaching.

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British veterans could be targeted by assisted suicide bill within five years, warns SPUC

19 November 2024

SPUC has warned that MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill could be expanded within just five years, and veterans suffering from PTSD could be threatened, as has already happened in Canada.

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Bishop slams one-sided abortion panel set to review law in Scotland

18 November 2024

Bishop John Keenan of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley has condemned a “supposedly independent abortion law review” into Scotland’s abortion law for excluding all pro-life representation.

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Ten reasons why MPs must reject Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill

14 November 2024

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was introduced by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater on 16 October 2024 and published on 11 November.

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We can win this! A doctor speaks out

14 November 2024

Dr Cajetan Skowronski (33) is a busy man. He’s a registrar in a Sussex hospital where he works in geriatric medicine.

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Assisted suicide bill will undermine other NHS services, Health Secretary warns

13 November 2024

The Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, has warned that assisted suicide, if it is legalised, would have “resource implications” for other national health services.

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SPUC slams “inherently dangerous” assisted suicide bill, now published in full detail

12 November 2024

MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill has been published in full.

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Australia: Where assisted suicide safeguards are not safe, Part 2

12 November 2024

In part two of our assessment of the so-called ‘safeguards’ around assisted suicide and euthanasia laws in Australia, we look at the failure of safeguards around terminal illness and doctors suggesting assisted suicide to their patients.

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Australia: Where assisted suicide safeguards are not safe, Part 1

12 November 2024

As we get closer, to the vote on 29 November on Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-25, many MPs are saying that they support a change in the law if strict safeguards are in place.

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