Doctors who uphold the right to life should be protected

SPUC seeks to support doctors, nurses and midwives who protect and value human life.

The medical standards of the western world have rejected abortion and euthanasia since the time of Ancient Greece. The Hippocratic Oath forbids doctors to engage in abortion or providing lethal drugs.

SPUC works to help GPs resist the pressure to refer all women with an 'unwanted' pregnancy for abortion. Contact us if you’d like to find out more.

Government pressure

Doctors and medical students come under pressure to participate in abortion and other anti-life practices, especially from the Department of Health's Sexual Health Team, which is responsible for the government's abortion policy. The Sexual Health Team demands that doctors make abortion as widely available as possible.

Doctors, nurses and midwives are trained to care for the sick and save lives, not to kill either before or after birth. SPUC upholds the Hippocratic tradition and supports the right to life for everyone, and supports healthcare professionals in their efforts to do the same. We are concerned especially to protect their rights of conscientious objection to abortion, both in general and under the provisions of the conscience clause in the Abortion Act.