Six SPUC supporters aged 26-37 will trek 44 miles to raise funds for SPUC on 18 June. The trek will follow the Lyke Wake Walk across the North Yorkshire Moors, over some of the most inhospitable moorland terrain in Britain. People wishing to sponsor the trekkers should download the forms at the following link: [SPUC, 25 May] http://bit.ly/mtTzxh
Patients' charter poses euthanasia danger, warns patients' helpline
A proposed charter for terminally-ill patients poses the danger of euthanasia, warns Patients First Network (PFN). PFN was responding to reports of the charter's launch by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). PFN is an initiative of SPUC Pro-Life. [SPUC, 1 June] http://bit.ly/jAwExR
Barcelona priests begin monthly protest against bishop’s association with abortionist hospital
Catholic priests in Barcelona, Spain have begun a monthly protest outside a city hospital which performs abortion. The protest is aimed at the link between Barcelona's archdiocese and the hospital's board. The priests are demanding that the archdiocese follow a Vatican instruction for it to cut the link. [LifeSiteNews.com 31 May] http://bit.ly/kDXY2c
Other stories:
UK teen pressured into abortion sets fire to ex-boyfriend’s home [Star, 1 June] http://bit.ly/jzNQeb
US medical student group working to make abortion an unwanted practice [Washington Independent, 1 June] http://bit.ly/maluvG
US bishop says US Girl Scouts could make girls more open to pro-abortion agenda [LifeSiteNews.com, 1 June] http://bit.ly/joLL7A
New Zealand court rules unborn children have no right to life [LifeNews.com, 1 June] http://bit.ly/kdV83M
Phillipines bishops back Protection of the Unborn Child bill [CathNews, 31 May] http://bit.ly/ltVQJb
Maltese judge says European Court has "weak, hesitant" approach to protecting unborn [LifeSiteNews.com, 30 May] http://bit.ly/juAWI6
Abortion soars among UK women in 40s [Telegraph, 28 May] http://bit.ly/kn9yeF
US abortion business offers free abortions to tornado survivors [Bryan Kemper, 26 May] http://bit.ly/mlCEOm
'Octomum' fertility doctor's licence revoked [Sky, 2 June] http://bit.ly/kfVhRa
Australian woman sets record for egg donation [Daily Mail, 31 May] http://bit.ly/iMy05R
Man ordered to pay £100k for children after ex-wife tricked IVF clinic into using his frozen sperm [Daily Mail, 29 May] http://bit.ly/lV2wvs
UK woman challenges pro-suicide author's anger at Alzheimer's [Daily Mail, 31 May] http://bit.ly/kFqtz6
UK man says disability has made his life better [Daily Mail, 25 May] http://bit.ly/k6G2xS
UK woman in locked-in syndrome last year can now walk [Daily Mail, 25 May] http://bit.ly/lCYAr6
Tiananmen dissident in fight for China's baby girls [AFP via Yahoo!, 2 June] http://yhoo.it/mseJjr
Philippines senator claims divorce bill being used to soften Catholic opposition to population bill [UCAN, 1 June] http://bit.ly/io2UpY
"Illegal" babies abducted by Chinese population control officials [LifeNews.com, 26 May] http://bit.ly/jdP2MK
US girl with Down's Syndrome crowned prom queen [Daily Mail, 2 June] http://bit.ly/kUL4Hs
David Norris, would-be Irish presidential candidate, is no friend of the unborn or the family [John Smeaton, 31 May] http://bit.ly/kD5fPR
SPUC recruits Anthony McCarthy, bioethics heavyweight, to help youth confront the culture of death [SPUC, 31 May] http://bit.ly/jAWGtI
Paris Vigil for Life seen as hopeful sign by beleaguered pro-life movement [LifeSiteNews.com, 31 May] http://bit.ly/lLuCzV
Pope says Catholic aid groups must obey Catholic pro-life teachings [LifeSiteNews.com, 27 May] http://bit.ly/j4tkkl