amnion the fluid-filled membrane enclosing the baby in the womb. ante-natal before birth. blastocyst (Greek, "sprout pouch') the hollow, fluid-filled ball of cells which is the developing embryo at one week after fertilisation. cervix neck of the womb. chorion the outer cap...

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J.M. Beazley, "Assessment of life in utero", Nursing Times, 8 May 1980. Jérôme Lejeune, quoted in Professor Jérôme Lejeune and Professor Sir Albert William Liley, The Tiniest Humans, editor Robert Sassone, 1977. Library of Congress No. 77-7681 1, p.69. The Tiniest Humans is composed from transcript...

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In Britain embryo experimentation involves research carried out on human embryos up to 14 days after conception. The law in Britain requires that all embryos used in research be destroyed. The embryos come from left-over embryos created in the laboratory for fertility treatment, or embryos specially...

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Abortion is not only wrong because it takes the life of an innocent human being, but also because of the way it fosters a culture of discrimination and intolerance.The law allows children with disabilities to be aborted all the way up to birth - babies with down syndrome, cleft palate, club foot or ...

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Motherhood Campaign: IntroductionMaternal Mortality is an international disgrace.In developing countries, tens of thousands of women die as a result of childbirth every year. This figure may be in the hundreds of thousands - statistics from developing countries are often highly inaccurate and are fr...

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Population Control Promotion 'Arrogant' and 'Racist'A motion calling on Irish Aid to address population growth through family planning education for women in the countries it supports fell amid claims that it was "arrogant" and "racist".Dr Mark Murphy, incoming chair of the IMO NCHD committee sparke...

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CANCELLED Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled due to security concerns following the terrorist attacks in Paris.If you have any further questions, please contact Rhoslyn Thomas:Phone: 020 7820 3140Email: rhoslynthomas@spuc.org.uk

The face and hands of an unborn child at five months (when abortion is still legal)  Every human being starts developing well before birth, at the moment of conception. Unborn children develop and grow at a remarkable speed.  Advances in technology over the last 50 years mean that we now know radica...

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(Booking for the 2018 Conference is now open - click here to book your place online)The annual SPUC Youth Conference has been very successful in recent years in educating and motivating the youth of today to engage in peaceful and effective pro-life work all over the UK.Speakers in previous years ha...

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In the last decade a number of university pro-life societies have sprung up around the UK, which is a very good thing.Student societies bring likeminded pro-lifers together to shape and influence their university environment and bring the truth about human life to fellow students at a pivotal time i...

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Becky and Laura, SPUC's summer 2015 internsSPUC will not be running an intern programme in 2017.

After having been involved in their university pro-life society, many people graduate from university, begin working and thereby end their pro-life activism. This is a great loss to the pro-life movement. Pro-life activism does not have to end at university.There are different ways that one becomes ...

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Even after death, you can help SPUC protect life. The pro-life work of SPUC has long been sustained by supporters who not only give unsparingly during their lifetimes, but also leave a life-giving legacy to protect unborn children after they are gone. By making a bequest to SPUC, or the SPUC Resear...

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SPUC members - and supporters of other pro-life groups - stand up for unborn children in many ways. One of the great successes in recent years has been the witness given by pro-life groups across the country through peaceful vigil outside abortion clinics.There are children today who owe their very ...

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Thanks to everyone who came to our 50th Anniversary Conference! Videos of all the talks will be available soon...Rebecca Kiessling, conceived in rape, will headline our 50th anniversary conferenceWe will be holding the next SPUC National Conference at the Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick from Fri...

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Winners of the 2017 SPUC Grand Draw  First PrizeThe first prize of £500 went to Mrs Marie Parker of Nelson, Lancs, ticket number 008140.Second PrizeThe second prize of £300 went to Mrs Mary Torjussen, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, ticket number 083959.Third PrizeThe third prize of £200 went to Mr Robert G...

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200 Mile Cycle Ride: 2018 sponsored event  SPUC activist Tony Mullett is cycling over 200 miles from the SPUC o?ice in Preston to Walsingham in Norfolk to support SPUC.Please help Tony raise the money needed to ?ght back against abortion pills at home and SPUC’s other campaigns!How? Collect sponsors...

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SPUC supporter and former general secretary Paul Tully is walking 50 miles this summer to raise urgently needed funds for SPUC's We Care About Women campaign. Paul will be walking through the lovely Sussex countryside, from Horsham to Chichester. He says, "As I walk I will be thinking of all those b...

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For international orders, please contact Liz Foody on 020 7820 3122 or Hellen Makunde 020 7820 3129.