On this day 50 years ago…SPUC was founded   Today, , is 50 years since the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), was formally established at a meeting at the Wig and Pen Club, Strand, in London.Two of the founding members are still stalwarts of the pro-life movement- Alan Smith, ...

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Dutch Health Minister: "Society should accept" screening out of children with Down’s syndrome Protesting the introduction of NIPT in Britain. Image: Don't Screen Us Out.   The comments were made as the Netherlands plans to introduce NIPT. Last week, members of the Dutch opposition party asked Mi...

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UN: Gendercide abortion means Armenia is heading towards "demographic crisis" Garik Hayrapetyan, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Armenia's assistant representative. Image: Yahoo News The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned that sex-selective abortion is seriously skewing the...

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Mr Conway's bid to legalise euthanasia through the courts is being supported by Dignity in Dying. ?Image: Annabel Moeller Noel Conway, a retired lecturer with motor neurone disease, is seeking a judicial review in the high court of the ban on assisted suicide.Mr Conway, 67, says he fears becoming "e...

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On Saturday 7 January, Dr Helen Watt of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre gave oral evidence to the Irish Citizens' Assembly, which has been charged with examining the 8th Amendment to the Irish Constitution protecting the equal rights of unborn children and their mothers. It was the first debate on the...

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Jill Saward with her father, Canon Michael Saward, who was tied up and beaten while his daughter was raped. Image: Daily Mail. Jill Saward, who became a prominent sexual assault campaigner after she was raped during a burglary at her father's vicarage has died after suffering a stroke.Tributes are b...

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Paul Nuttall: "I've been pretty open about my views on abortion for many, many years." Image: BBC. Paul Nuttall, the new leader of the UK Independence Party, has said that he favours cutting the time-limit for abortion to 12 weeks.Mr Nuttall said on LBC Radio: "I've been pretty open about my views o...

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NIPT, which tests for Down's syndrome, is to be rolled out despite concerns of campaigners and the Down's syndrome community.  A new blood test which can detect single-gene disorders in the first six weeks of pregnancy could be available within five years, reports the New Scientist. The article says...

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?Implanting two embryos has been found to actually decrease the chance of a successful pregnancy. Image: Alamy. Research being presented today at the British Fertility Society annual conference in Edinburgh says that using more than one embryo in IVF can actually decrease the chance of successful pr...

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Abortion provider says burying aborted babies is "morally offensive" Amy Hagstrom Miller, president of Whole Women’s Health, which runs three abortion facilities in Texas. Image: Reuters/Darren Abate The president of an abortion provider told a federal court on Tuesday that a proposed Texas regu...

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The article promotes Marie Stopes- with no mention of the recent damning CQC reports highlighting failures in safety, consent and safeguarding.  Metro.co.uk, the online version of the UK's fourth largest newspaper, has published an article called "Here's what you need to know if you need to have an ...

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Four Canadians are being killed by euthanasia a day. Image: Shutterstock CTV news has reported that 744 adults have been killed by euthanasia in the six months since it was legalised across Canada.The news channel surveyed provincial and territorial health ministries to gather the most comprehensive...

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Abortion Doctor: "We’re facing the possibility that we’re going to be lacking a qualified workforce." ?Very few medical students are taking higher training in abortion. The editor in chief of the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care has said that "only 1% of trainee obstetrici...

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The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has condemned both the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Marie Stopes International after inspectors uncovered a catalogue of dangerous and illegal practices at private abortion clinics. And the pro-life group called for the Marie Stopes opera...

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Dignity in Dying: Assisted dying would "reduce the number of suicides" ?Not Dead Yet campaigned against the Marris Bill- MPs recognised that assisted suicide put vulnerable people in danger. Dignity in Dying, which was formerly called the the Voluntary Euthanasia Legalisation Society, has said t...

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?Charity bosses, including abortion providers, are receiving huge salaries partly funded by the taxpayer. Heads of charities, including abortion providers Marie Stopes and International Planned Parenthood, are receiving six-figure salaries and huge bonuses, according to an investigation by the Daily...

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A school lesson simply cannot replace the ongoing care and vigilance of parents, says Safe at School. Worried parents should not be taken in by claims that their children will benefit from compulsory school lessons about pornography and sexting, according to the SPUC Safe at School campaign.Rather ...

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The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has today made its submission to the Citizens’ Assembly, where the Eighth Amendment, which protects the equal right to life of the mother and the unborn child, is being discussed. SPUC calls on members of the Assembly to reject any attempts to...

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Abortion Rights group launches "Choice for Christmas" campaign The perfect way to get in the Christmas spirit.   The London-Irish Abortion Rights Campaign has launched a new campaign called #choiceforxmas - in which they call upon people travelling home to Ireland for Christmas to photograph the...

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Media: "Abortion has no mental health impact on women" ?While the initial reaction to abortion is often relief, symptoms of post-abortion trauma can present months or years later.  A study by researchers at the University of California has claimed that women who are denied an abortion suffer wor...

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