Baroness O'Loan said lack of conscience rights is putting people off joining some areas of the medical profession.  There is a pressing need for statutory conscience rights which actually protect those who need protectionA bill seeking to protect the conscience rights of all medical professionals ha...

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Cllr Barrie Hargrove says that the council doesn't have enough evidence of harassment to bring in a PSPO No council has succeeded in banning pro-life vigils.Southwark Council has said that it doesn't have enough evidence of harassment by pro-lifers to bring in restrictions on protests or vigils arou...

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It's bodies like Marie Stopes that are pushing for "liberalisation" of the law. Pressure for abortion is coming from the abortion providers. New statistics show that 13 abortions took place in NHS hospitals in Northern Ireland in 2016/17 - three fewer than the previous year.Liam Gibson, SPUC's Nort...

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The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has responded to news that the number of abortions performed in Northern Ireland in 2016/17 fell from the previous year.Significant dropLiam Gibson, SPUC's Northern Ireland Development Officer, said: "That the number of abortions taking place ...

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"I have seen a major shift in the interpretation of [euthanasia law] in recent years" A Dutch euthanasia regulator has quit her post in protest at the killings of patients suffering from dementia, reports BioEdge.The Catholic Herald observes that the number of dementia patients killed by euthanasia ...

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Former Brisbane lord mayor Clem Jones left $5 million AUD to support euthanasia law reform in Australia Clem Jones Trust say that after supporting the push for assisted dying laws in Victoria last year, the trust will now back a campaign in Mr Jones' home state.Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszcz...

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Credit: @March_for_Life (Twitter) Washington DC hosted the 45th annual March for life on Friday, which was addressed by the 45th President of the USA, the first time a sitting President has addressed the March for Life.The weekend started on a positive note for the pro-life movement in the USA as hu...

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The Society for the Protection of Unborn (SPUC) has condemned a motion put forward to Manchester City Council at the meeting this Wednesday (24th March) which is attacking pro-life vigils outside abortion clinics.Antonia Tully, Director of Campaigns at SPUC, said, "Manchester City Council is repeati...

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The decision by the Court of Appeal to give a terminally ill man permission to appeal a decision against assisted suicide shows again that the assisted suicide/euthanasia lobby is prepared to bypass Parliament's rejection of inhumane and dangerous legislation. SPUC's Dr Anthony McCarthy commented on...

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Noel Conway (AP) wishes to challenge the Suicide Act 1961, which currently prohibits doctors from prescribing lethal doses. Noel Conway, diagnosed with a terminal illness, has won the first stage of his Court of Appeal challenge to an earlier ruling on assisted dying.The 68-year-old retired lecturer...

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Simon Harris TD (Fine Gael) supports the repeal of the pro-life Eighth Amendment Irish Health Minister Simon Harris opened a two-day Dáil debate on repealing the Eighth Amendment.The Irish Independent reports on the number of people from each county who travelled to the UK for an abortion in 2016, w...

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Ealing Council leader Julian Bell (Labour) supported buffer zones Ealing Council cabinet unanimously voted to begin a public consultation on introducing a public space protection order (PSPO) to stop pro-life vigils outside Ealing's Marie Stopes (MSI) clinic.Following the vote, the Society for the P...

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Prolife groups should not be prevented from helping pregnant women to keep their babies The Society for the Protection of Unborn (SPUC) has urged people to make very clear to Ealing Council that prolife groups should not be prevented from helping pregnant women to keep their babies. SPUC said that t...

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Ealing Council must allow life-saving help to continue for vulnerable women entering the Marie Stopes International (MSI) abortion clinic in the borough, says leading campaign group the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC). SPUC is commenting ahead of Ealing Council’s decision on wh...

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Ealing Council will convene to discuss what measures it will take regarding pro-life vigils outside MSI  Ealing Council may impose restrictions on life-saving help for vulnerable women entering the Marie Stopes International (MSI) abortion clinic in Ealing.The council will convene this evening to di...

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"Raw totalitarianism and open persecution" from Justin Trudeau (MARY ALTAFFER / AP) "You're more than allowed to have whatever beliefs you like" but can't act on those beliefs when it comes to the right of women to "control their own bodies," said Canadian PM.At the end of 2017, the Canadian govern...

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A condition like diabetes could turn from "chronic" to "terminal" if the patient refused all usual treatment - and would qualify for assisted suicide The "safeguards" are not what they appear Euthanasia and assisted suicide advocates throughout the world advocate for laws along the lines of those in...

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This display commemorates 100,000 killed by abortion - still only a tenth of those killed worldwide so far this year.  The numbers are horrific.A digital counter is illustrating the horrifying scale of abortion around the world. Already, less than two weeks into 2018, over 1.2 million babies have be...

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Dr Ellen Wiebe gave up family medicine to run an abortion clinic by day and euthanize people by night.  The doctor says she did nothing wrong A Jewish old-people's home in British Columbia, Canada, has filed a complaint against a doctor who euthanised one of their residents without consulting the ho...

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Maria Caulfield MP opposing Diana Johnson's decriminalisation agenda  Opposing BPAS' agenda in any way is "appalling" now Yesterday, in the Government's much anticipated reshuffle, Maria Caulfield, Conservative MP for Lewes, was appointed as the Conservative Party's Vice-Chair for women.Ms Caulfield...

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