There is always an alternative to abortion An unplanned pregnancy can be a shock, and you may not know how to feel or what to do next. No-one grows up wanting to have an abortion. But too often it feels like there's no other choice. But there are alternatives - and at SPUC, we help mothers an...

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David Linden MP with a scan of his baby daughter. The first time a scan has been shown in Parliament?An MP held up a scan of his unborn baby in the Commons chamber to make a point about parental leave offered to members of parliament.A baby firstThe SNP's David Linden wanted more time to debate the ...

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nbsp; Even in the womb, babies have musical preferences. Illustration: Elena Garcia And they like Mickey Mouse In 2015, the Institut Marquès in Barcelona did pioneering research into the ability of unborn babies to listen and respond to music. They found that while babies did not respond to music...

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The probe now includes the deaths of 17 babies and 15 "nonfatal collapses" A neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital was arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to kill six more.The hospital in Chester, southeast of Liverpool, asked police in May 2017 to investigat...

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Should a person's younger self be able to decide for them on assisted suicide? nbsp; Katherine Whitehorn and Bernard Lyall on her 90th birthday. "The worst indignity is to deny personhood." In May, Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee wrote an article revealing that the celebrated writer and journa...

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Alina with her daughter Sarah outside the High Court.  The next phase to shut down the pro-life movement in this country The High Court has today upheld the Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) imposed by Ealing Council this April that banned pro-life witnesses outside the Marie Stopes abortion cen...

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The decision to uphold a ban against peaceful protestors outside abortion clinics has been branded ‘shocking’ by the UK’s oldest pro-life group.Antonia Tully, of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, hit out following the High Court decision to back the buffer zone ban ordered by Ealing...

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Taking the pill at home poses serious threats to women's health. SPUC's court case could soon prove it illegal Welsh Health Minister Vaughan Gething has announced that the second abortion pill will be made available for women to take at home.In a written statement, Mr Gething said: "Members will rec...

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Unborn baby "punched to death by parents" nbsp; The woman told police she and her boyfriend agreed to try and beat their baby to death But they might not face any charges. The parents of a baby girl who died of catastrophic injuries shortly after birth have been accused of deliberately killing ...

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Noel Conway has been fighting to overturn the ban on assisted suicide. A strong rulingThe Court of Appeal has upheld an earlier court judgement that the UK's Suicide Act is not incompatible with the human rights of motor-neurone disease sufferer Noel Conway.No fault to original ruling Mr Conway's la...

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Babies brains responded better to their mother's voice than environmental noise. A possible solution to premature babies language difficultiesPro-lifers have long known that unborn babies respond to sounds from as early as the fourth month after conception - including their mother's heartbeat and vo...

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News, Amnesty International will officially launch its new pro-abortion stance on 11 August in Mexico City. Ms Kate Gilmore, deputy secretary-general, has said: "The Catholic Church, through a misrepresented account of our position on selective aspects of abortion, is placing in peril work on huma...

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News, The Indian Muslim Welfare Society and the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) held a Muslim-Christian conference in Batley, West Yorkshire, England on 27 January. The main speakers were John Smeaton, national director of SPUC, and Dr A Majid Katme, Muslim coordinator for SPU...

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News, A Scottish Catholic bishop has condemned the Government's policy on abortions for under-16s following the failure of the Sue Axon legal challenge. Bishop Joseph Devine said of the policy, which allows under-16s to undergo abortions without parental knowledge or consent: "On the one hand, as ...

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News, The Catholic Archbishop of Kingston has criticised proposals to legalise abortion in Jamaica. The Medical Association of Jamaica has backed changes to the law, claiming that it will reduce maternal mortality. However, in an interview with the Sunday Observer, Archbishop Lawrence Burke said: ...

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News, 6 January 2014 Dear supporter, Between 3 and 6 February, the European Parliament is expected to debate and vote upon a report by Ulrike Lunacek, an Austrian MEP and the co-president of the European Parliament's homosexual rights group. The report is entitled "Roadmap against homophobia and d...

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News, Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE 9 January 2013 The Welsh Assembly Health and Social Care Committee consultation on presumed consent for organ donation closes on Friday 18th January. It is very urgent that you make a written submission to this ...

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Act to Dear supporter, This Wednesday the European Parliament will vote on a resolution which seeks to promote abortion and same-sex unions throughout the European Union. The resolution, authored by Giusto Catania, an Italian Communist MEP, calls upon EU member-states to guarantee access to "sexual...

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