Liz Carr said: " It is important that the Court hears from the people most at risk from any change to the current law." The first court case attempting to legalise assisted suicide since the defeat of the Marris Bill starts today - and disability rights groups are intervening to fight the "terrifyi...

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Even Save the Children, which generally supports abortion, is losing Swedish funding because it complied with the Mexico City Policy. Sweden's development agency has said it will stop giving aid to organisations which abide by the US policy not to provide or promote abortion.The Swedish Internationa...

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The mother is now taking care of her baby at home, supported by her family. An Irish girl who was reportedly sectioned under the mental health act after requesting an abortion in fact gave birth to the baby and is looking after it at home - but the media has gone strangely quiet on this story.In Ju...

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International Development Minister Priti Patel confirmed the money would be used for "safe abortions".  The Department for International Development (DFID) has announced that the UK will spend over a billion pounds on family planning in the next five years, including access to "safe abortions".Inter...

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Ann Furedi, the head of bpas, supports abortion up to birth, for any reason. Abortion provider bpas has said that half of the women who have abortions at their clinics were using contraception - leading chief executive Ann Furedi to say that "abortion is birth control that women need when their regu...

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A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week for pro-lifers - what now? Posted by Alithea Williams on 6 July 2017 The Citizens' Assembly may have recommended abortion on demand - but what about the 80,000 marching for life in Dublin? Things aren't all bad - and you can make a difference.  Last we...

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The Citizens' Assembly may have recommended abortion on demand - but what about the 80,000 marching for life in Dublin?Things aren't all bad - and you can make a difference.  Last week was, without doubt, a hard and very sad one for the pro-life movement. It was a week that saw the BMA, ignoring exc...

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SPUC Scotland has condemned the announcement by the Scottish government that it will follow England in offering free abortions for women from Northern Ireland.A Scottish government spokesman said yesterday:"The Scottish government's view is that abortion should be part of standard healthcare for all...

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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The Scottish Government and the Welsh Assembly have both said that they will follow the UK Government in offering free abortions for women from Northern Ireland.In a sudden government u-turn last week, the Government announced that the Equalities Office would...

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People's lives are "terminated without request" in the Netherlands - known elsewhere as homicide. The data from the study into ending of life decisions in the Netherlands in 2015 is now available - and the conclusions are horrifying.Every five years the Netherlands conducts a study to determine how...

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The pro-life majority has arisen. At least 70,000 people took part in the All Ireland Rally for Life on Saturday.The theme of this year's march was "Save the 8th" - and record numbers turned out to defend the amendment to the Irish constitution, which defends the equal right to life of the mother a...

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Karen Gaffney tells TDs and senators not to screen people with Down's syndrome out. A leading advocate for people with Down's syndrome has urged Irish politicians to protect the lives of people with disabilities.Karen Gaffney, an American woman famous for being the first living person with Down Synd...

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John Smeaton: Innocent unborn babies are being treated treacherously by this Government which has chosen death over life in an effort to save their skin It's been a day of turbulent political events - with both positive and tragic consequences for the unborn babies of Northern Ireland. This morning,...

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The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has welcomed a ruling by the Court of Appeal in Belfast which recognises that the law in the Province is justified in protecting unborn babies from abortion.Three judges found unanimously that Northern Ireland’s laws, which prohibit abortion, ...

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A black day for unborn children, for mothers and for democracy -SPUC condemns govt abortion decision   Responding to the Government decision to provide funds to the NHS to cover the costs of women from Northern Ireland for abortions in England, John Smeaton, chief executive of the Society for th...

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Alysia Montano looks radiant as she finishes the race. Alysia Montano didn't have to win her race to make headlines at the USA Track and Field Championships last week.?The 31 year old athlete, who is known for running with flowers in her hair, ran the 800m race while five months pregnant with her se...

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The BMA has "a moral duty to speak out against abuses of ethics and human rights" - but has voted to strip rights from the unborn. The British Medical Association's (BMA) membership has voted to make the decriminalisation of abortion official policy.Delegates at the meeting (which can be viewed onli...

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The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), the world’s oldest pro-life group, has condemned the passing of a motion to decriminalise abortion at the British Medical Association's Annual Representative Meeting. Dr Anthony McCarthy of SPUC said:"The BMA has betrayed all who take serious...

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Doctors: the motion would says "all legal protection for babies should be removed, possibly right through to birth." Tomorrow, the British Medical Association will vote on whether the UK should decriminalise abortion - but thousands of doctors are in "open revolt" over the "extreme" proposals.On Tu...

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There seems to be a change in US policy towards the UN on abortion. The US has rejected a United Nations resolution aimed at preventing violence against women because it included language on access to "safe abortions".A statement read out by US First Secretary to the UN Jason Mack said that the US a...

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