Below is the full text of the original 1967 Abortion Act: 1967 CHAPTER 87 An Act to amend and clarify the law relating to termination of pregnancy by registered medical practitioners. [27th October 1967] Medical termination of pregnancy. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a person shall ...

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Every year, we hold pro-life chains across the country to mark the passing of the Abortion Act coming into force on the 27th of April 1968. Please note that the pro-life chain in your area may not take place exactly on the 27th of April, but on a proximal date. Please contact your local...

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SPUC A Tiny Feet coffee morning is a special way to help unborn children. You can bring together family and friends, as well as inviting your neighbours and people from your church. Inviting people to a Tiny Feet coffee morning is the perfect opening to tell people about the humanity of unbo...

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Briefing on Compulsory Sex EducationWhy New Clause 5 is dangerous
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We call on the Prime Minister not to support decriminalising abortion. What decriminalising abortion means Decriminalising abortion will strip from unborn children any remaining effective legal protection from abortion. The Abortion Act 1967 is a bad law but keeping abortion within the law offers s...

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The threat of decriminalisation:

In March 2017 the House of Commons voted by 172 votes to 142 to permit Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull North, to introduce a bill under the Ten Minute Rule Bill procedure, calling for the decriminalisation of abortion.

Although this bill made no more progress in that Parliament, Diana Johnson has pledged to re-introduce another measure to decriminalise abortion.

Major medical bodies backing decriminalisation:

  • British Medical Association
  • Royal College of Midwives
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Action you can take to oppose decriminalising abortion

  • Download our briefing (click for PDF) or use the Contact Us form below to request a printed copy
  • Write to your MP asking him/her to oppose all moves in parliament to decriminalise abortion.
  • Order our door-to-door leaflet to alert people in your neighbourhood about the dangers of decriminalising of abortion (order form below)
  • Organise a local meeting as part of SPUC’s annual Campaign Tour:

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On 27/28 October 2017 SPUC is holding a Mass Constituency-based Lobby to oppose decriminalising abortion. At SPUC we really care about women, which is why we are campaigning against any moves in Parliament to decriminalise abortion. Removing all legal restrictions on abortion will leave women even m...

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SPUC Scotland - Campaigns .scot { color: #011afd; } h4 { color: #011afd; }?Back to the SPUC Scotland pageUNIVERSITY FREE SPEECHScottish pro-life students are being subjected to unjust censorship at the crippling hands of their Universities. Contrary to the Public Sector Equality Duty, outlined in t...

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.scot { color: #011afd; } h4 { color: #011afd; }?Back to the SPUC Scotland pageSPUC EDUCATIONAL ProgrammeAt SPUC Scotland we have established an extensive and skilled educational programme designed to equip school students with a wide ranging professional knowledge on the importance of life from con...

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.scot { color: #011afd; } h4 { color: #011afd; }?Back to the SPUC Scotland pageProject Truth is an award winning youth outreach imitative run by SPUC Scotland. Every summer, we travel around the towns and cities of Scotland, bringing the pro-life message to the streets. We also run engaging monthly ...

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Scottish legal challenge to protect women from trauma of home abortions .scot { color: #011afd; } h4 { color: #011afd; }?Back to the SPUC Scotland pageSPUC Scotland is pursuing a judicial review against the Scottish Government: Home abortions put women at risk and are unlawful.27 April 2018 marked ...

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SPUC has launched a petition calling on Prime Minister Theresa May to condemn the demonisation of Northern Ireland MPs who oppose abortion and same sex marriage.The petition is in light of the criticism of the proposed deal with the socially conservative Democratic Unionist Party to keep the minorit...

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On Friday we received one of the most moving letters we have ever received. It was addressed variously to those Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLAs) at Stormont who have tabled amendments, due to be debated tomorrow (9 Feb) and/or Wednesday (10 Feb), to allow abortion in the cases of disa...

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SPUC's central concern has always been the protection of babies from abortion. We are presently calling on MPs to challenge the way in which the law is being abused, in the light of recent medical evidence. The Abortion Act 1967 is a bad law made worse by a failure to enforce it. And by failing to e...

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Members also speak at public meetings in many venues around the country and take part in radio and TV programmes. In all these places aims to promote greater understanding of the needs of disabled people and to educate people about the threats to disabled lives. It is often the attitudes of others, rather than the disabling conditions themselves, which cause problems for disabled people.

Alison's story

Alison Davis was national co-ordinator of No Less Human from 1982 until her death on 3 December 2013. Speaking in 2009, she said:

"The most compelling argument I can present is my own experience. I have suffered a lot of pain throughout my life, and now need increasing doses of morphine, but even that doesn't always alleviate the pain. In addition to spina bifida and hydrocephalus, and using a wheelchair full time, I also have emphysema, a breathing problem that makes me susceptible to chest infections, arthritis, lordosis and kyphoscoliosis - causing my spine to twist out of shape in every possible direction, and osteoporosis - brittle bones, which has caused my spine to collapse and trap nerves. When the pain is at its worst I can't move or think or speak.

"About 20 years ago pain of various sorts compounded to made me feel I wanted to die. At that time, doctors believed that I did not have much longer to live. Over time, my desire to die became a settled wish and it lasted about ten years. During the first five of those years I attempted suicide several times.

Suicide attempts

"A few of the times were really "cries for help." I became ingenious at finding ways of hurting myself to add to my already severe spinal pain. My friends went through the house removing sharp objects (I can clearly remember through the mental haze eating scant meals with a spoon because all the knives had been moved), but then I would use pins, needles, even paper clips and sharpened pencils to open up the scars on my wrists caused previously by slashing them with a knife.

"Some of the attempts, however, were serious and I tried various methods: large overdoses of various drugs and cutting my wrists seriously. I was determined to succeed then, especially on one occasion I particularly remember. I had taken a large overdose of painkillers and cut my wrists badly with an old rusty penknife which had escaped the general removal of sharp objects. I then drank a whole bottle of Martini, lay down in bed, cuddled my favourite teddy bear and waited to die. Fortunately for me (at the time I thought most unfortunately) my friend Sue arrived shortly afterwards.

"My door was never locked at that time and she let herself in, found I was losing consciousness and called the emergency services. I was taken to hospital and treated against my will. The doctors waited until I lost consciousness then treated me anyway. If euthanasia had been legal then, I would have requested it with no hesitation at all, and if Living Wills had been legally binding, I would certainly have written one, refusing all life saving treatment. I would have satisfied all the supposedly "strict criteria" which pro-euthanasia groups want, and which are mandatory in places where euthanasia or assisted suicide is legal.

"I think I want to live"

"It took my friends, and particularly Colin, my full time assistant ... many years to persuade me that my life did have value. Their efforts and a trip to India in 1995, during which I met with disabled children, who I later began to support financially, helped to turn my life around. After that trip I said to Colin "Do you know, I think I want to live." It was the first time I had thought that for over ten years.

"Had euthanasia or "assisted suicide" been legal I would have missed the best years of my life. And no one would ever have known that the future held such good times, and that the doctors were wrong in thinking I didn't have long to live.

"Some years ago I read a booklet by a young British medical doctor, James Casson, who was dying of cancer. He titled his book "Dying: The Greatest Adventure of my Life." I think there is also a place for a book entitled "Living: The Greatest Adventure of my Life." My life has been full of pain and suffering, true. But it has also been one long adventure, with great highs and great lows. I think my eventual death will also be an adventure - but for now I'm content to wait for that particular adventure to come naturally, in its own time."

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You don't need to be registered to vote to contact your MP, as they are elected to represent every one of their constituents. It's your democratic right to lobby your MP on whatever issues matter to you, so let them know you care strongly about protecting life!Find out which constituency you are in,...

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