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Every year hundreds of women decide not to have an abortion because they encounter a pro-life counsellor outside the abortion clinic. This vital pro-life work usually involves a small number of courageous people who pray quietly and offer a lifeline to vulnerable women.

SPUC is running a major campaign to safeguard peaceful pro-life vigils. While holding pro-life vigils is not part of SPUC’s remit, SPUC believes that rescuing women and their unborn babies at the doors of abortion facilities is vital pro-life work. And many SPUC members and supporters do join in such vigils. 

Under attack

This life-saving work is under attack by the powerful abortion lobby.

The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) - Britain's biggest abortion provider, responsible for 65,000 abortions each year in the UK - and Marie Stopes International want to ban pro-lifers from standing outside their premises. BPAS stands to lose out financially every time a woman is helped to choose life for her baby. On average, each time a woman decides not to proceed with an abortion the clinic in question stands to lose more than £500 in revenue.

• Peaceful, pro-life vigils are being presented as "harassment and intimidation".
• Councils around the country have passed motions calling for a ban on pro-life vigils.
• The Home Secretary has launched a review into "abortion protests".

Related Links

Have a look at the Campaigns SPUC has run in connection with this issue:

• Home Office consultation: "Abortion Clinic Protest Review"
• London Assembly: Stand up for Freedom of Speech (Petition) 
• Petition Against Buffer Zones
• Home Office Review: Write to Your MP

Related News Stories

• Woman bled to death after Ealing Marie Stopes sent her home "vomiting and swaying"
• Ealing Council enacts PSPO to ban pro-life vigils
• Ealing Council to vote on PSPO outside abortion clinic
• Ealing vote pursues buffer zone, SPUC calls for a response
• Home Office caves to pressure - now saying they WILL consult pro-lifers in buffer zone review
• London Assembly passes anti-free speech buffer zones motion
• "Buffer zones deny women alternatives", GCN warn Rudd
• Southwark Council third locality to support buffer zones
• Amber Rudd launches review into "harassment and intimidation near abortion clinics"

Related Videos

• Alithea Williams on Channel 5 
• Antonia Tully at the Home Affairs Committee
• Anthony McCarthy on talkRadio
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