Opponents of the bill outside the NSW Parliament.  It came down to the wire.The Parliament of New South Wales, Australia, has voted against a bill to legalise euthanasia. After a heated and emotional debate lasting all day and into the night, the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill was defeated by 20 vote...

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R&B singer: "My managers told me to have an abortion or leave the band" Tamika Scott defied pressure to give birth to her baby.  "I made a choice and I stood for what I believe, and God blessed me."Tamika Scott, of the American 90s R&B band Xscape has recently revealed how she was pressured to a...

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Councillor Will Purvis, proposing the motion.  Portsmouth Council has followed Ealing in voting for a buffer zone around a local abortion clinic. A motion for the council to 'do all within its powers' to prevent pro-life vigils outside the bpas abortion clinic at St Mary’s Hospital Health Campus in ...

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The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has responded to the news that Portsmouth Council has voted to "do all within its powers" to prevent pro-life vigils outside the bpas abortion clinic at St Mary’s Hospital Health Campus in Milton.SPUC Communications Officer Alithea Williams sa...

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Godelieva de Troyer was 64 and in good physical health when she was euthanised by lethal injection.   "Is this humane? I don’t think this is humane."The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of Tom Mortier, a Belgian man whose mot...

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The test "is likely to result in an increase in the number of children with Down’s syndrome screened out by termination." Image: Getty. "Travelling in opposite direction to good, ethical prenatal care"Ethicists and Down's syndrome advocates have raised concerns about a new process for prenatally scr...

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After 50 years of abortion, the public is less keen on "liberalising" it than decriminalisation advocates claim. Why do pro-abortion MPs keep claiming otherwise?A new opinion poll by ComRes has revealed that a large majority of the public oppose decriminalising abortion. A total of 72 per cent of 2,...

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Another little girl who was saved by pro-life volunteers outside a clinic. Pro-Life counsellors offer help, not aggression.Yesterday, a mother's testimony of how she was helped by pro-life counsellors outside an abortion clinic was read out in Parliament. Sir Edward Leigh, Conservative MP for Gainsb...

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Does that figure include those who committed suicide as a result of having an abortion and the effect it had on them? Pro-life MPs took the opportunity to lay down some unpalatable truths.Last night, Diana Johnson, the MP who has been pushing to decriminalise abortion, held an adjournment debate on ...

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The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has responded to the debate in Parliament today: Public order legislation relating to family planning clinics, led by Rupa Huq MP.Dr Anthony McCarthy, SPUC’s Director of Communications and Education said:"Rupa Huq, backed by the abortion indus...

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Tomorrow, at 4.30pm, Rupa Huq MP is holding a Westminster Hall debate entitled "Public Order legislation relating to family planning clinics." Rupa Huq has been leading a concerted campaign to ban peaceful pro-life vigils outside the Marie Stopes clinic in Ealing, and nationwide.  If you know your M...

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Michael Robinson of SPUC Scotland with Mary Glindon MP and Bishop John Keenan. "I hope that everyone here will read the report - it’s really important that it gets to the people who can make a difference."Yesterday,  Labour MP Mary Glindon hosted a reception to launch SPUC's new report, Abortion and...

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New academic review on Abortion and Women’s Health launched in Parliament Yesterday, Thursday 2 November, the Labour MP Mary Glindon hosted a reception to launch the report Abortion and Women’s Health on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC)."The report Abortion and...

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Frank Stephens in front of the congressional committee "I don't feel I should have to justify my existence."  The video testimony of a man with Down's syndrome before a congressional committee is being shared across the world. Scroll down to watch the video!Last week, Frank Stephens, an actor, Speci...

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The court has ruled that the patient's food and fluids can be cut off. The judge referred to her "travesty of life". The daughters of a brain damaged woman have won a legal case to have the feeding tube that is keeping her alive removed, reports the Guardian. The two daughters of Mrs P, a 72-year-o...

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Women will be pushed towards what is the easy option of being handed some drugs and sent home   SPUC Scotland is taking legal advice.Last week, as the pro-life movement was commemorating 50 years of abortion, the Scottish Government announced that it would allow women to take the abortion pill at ho...

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Marking 50 tragic years of abortion Today, on the 50th Anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act, crowds gathered outside Parliament for a minute's silence commemorating the over 8.8 million lives lost to abortion. SPUC joined representatives of other pro-life organisations to mark this tragic anniversar...

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Abortion Act 50 Years On: New academic review reveals impact on women’s mental and physical health   A new review has revealed the "heart-breaking and horrific" impact of abortion on the health of women.Abortion and Women’s Health (full report and summary linked below), an evidence-based review...

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Diana Johnson MP presenting her decriminalisation bill.   Is 8.8 million lives lost not enough for them?Tomorrow, 27 October, marks 50 years since the Abortion Act of 1967 was signed into law. Since then, 8,894,355 million babies have been lost to abortion. But the abortion lobby, backed by MPs such...

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