That the nervous system develops sooner than thought could have implications for whether babies feel pain in the early weeks. Image: Just The Facts. Although there's no logical reason why a human lack of capacity to feel pain justifies ending the life of an unborn baby, it's a common argument for wh...

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A new study on America's oldest physician aided suicide programme shows that numbers of those being euthanised have been steadily increasing, and reveals that some are opting to end their lives because they cannot afford chemotherapy.The study, published in JAMA Oncology, is one of the first detaile...

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Prof Sally Sheldon is a trustee of BPAS Prof Sally Sheldon has been awarded £512,000 by The Arts and Humanities Research Council to write a 'biographical study' of the 1967 Abortion Act, reports the Daily Mail.Prof Sheldon has been campaigning for abortion on demand for more than 20 years, has backe...

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The world’s longest established pro-life organisation has condemned the use of more than £500, 000 to fund a book on the history of abortion in the UK by an abortion campaigner.Professor Sally Sheldon, a leading advocate of abortion on demand, is a trustee of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, ...

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Pro-life campaigners have condemned the SDLP for "a grotesque attack on free speech and unborn babies" after suspending three Belfast councillors for failing to support a motion which alleged women were being harassed outside abortion advice clinics.The trio were axed by the SDLP for refusing to fol...

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The motion was voted on at Monday's monthly council meeting at Belfast City Hall. The SLDP has suspended three Belfast councillors for failing to support a motion which alleged women were being harassed outside abortion advice clinics.SDLP group leader Pat Convery, deputy group leader Kate Mullan an...

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As you may have seen, in the last few days there has been a media storm around the fact that Life was awarded £250,000 from the money raised from the Tampon Tax to help fund their West London project to help pregnant homeless women. BPAS have already mobilised their supporters to write to their MP, ...

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A new petition has been launched, calling on the Irish government to resist any calls to hold a referendum on the Eighth Amendment.The petition, made by The Citizens Initiative for the Protection of Human Life (CIPHL) and directed to Members of the Oireachtas, Ireland's parliament, begins: The right...

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US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley. Reuters  The US State Department announced yesterday that it is withdrawing funding for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), which promotes "family planning" all over the world.In a letter to US Senate foreign relations committee chairman Bob Corker, the state departm...

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The Government said the grant to Life was for a specific project "that will help homeless and other at risk women who are pregnant" Abortion campaigners and other "women's groups" have reacted with fury to the news that Life has been awarded a government grant for their work in helping vulnerable pr...

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Jo Johnson, the minister for higher education said that all university premises should not be "denied to any individual or body on any grounds connected with their beliefs or views, policy or objective". Image: Getty In what could be good news for pro-life societies facing censorship, the minister ...

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The abortion drug mifepristone, or RU486, will now be available in the Northern Territory.   The Parliament of Australia's Northern Territory has voted to decriminalise abortion and widen access to medical abortion. The Labor-led parliament voted 20 votes to four on Tuesday in favour of a bill to am...

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Can pro-lifers support Red Nose Day? Posted by Alithea Williams on 22 March 2017   A few months ago, I wrote a blog post on charitable giving, and another on giving to Children in Need specifically. This Friday is Red Nose Day, the BBC's biannual fundraising extravaganza for Comic Relief. Red Nos...

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A few months ago, I wrote a blog post on charitable giving, and another on giving to Children in Need specifically. This Friday is Red Nose Day, the BBC's biannual fundraising extravaganza for Comic Relief. Red Nose Day is something of a national institution - it will be all over the television, the...

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Lily Beddall in front of her Matalan advert.     On World Down's Syndrome Day, Alithea Williams reflects on a year that has seen great strides in recognising people with Down's syndrome as full and valued members of society - but has also seen the rise of lethal discrimination against their communit...

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World Down's Syndrome Day - highlighting a year of contradictions Posted by Alithea Williams on 21 March 2017 ?Lily Beddall in front of her Matalan advert.     On World Down's Syndrome Day, Alithea Williams reflects on a year that has seen great strides in recognising people with Down's syndrome ...

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Regulators placed a warning on the drug in 1975. Image: Sky News  A drug that was marketed as a pregnancy test in the 1960s and 70s may have caused abortions and fetal defects, according to an investigation by Sky News.Primodos: The Secret Drug Scandal is airing on Sky Atlantic tonight, and is inves...

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Prof Savage said that sex-selective abortion is "another myth propagated by the anti-abortion lobby". Image: Eyevine An influential member of the British Medical Association's medical ethics committee has said that women should be able to have abortions at any stage of pregnancy, and for any reason,...

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Interference in the germ-line could affect countless future generations. Image: Rex features A Newcastle fertility clinic has been given a licence by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to carry out the controversial "three-parent baby" technique.Read the SPUC blog - Three parent...

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?27 doctors have already asked to be removed from the list of those willing to participate in euthanasia, since it was legalised in Canada last June. Image: Martin Barraud Doctors in Canada have been asking to be removed from the list of those willing to participate in "medical aid in dying", report...

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