The Act was signed into law on 27 October 1967, and came into force six months later. Today, Thursday 27th October, marks the 49th anniversary of the Abortion Act being signed into law.The bill that decriminalised abortion under certain grounds received Royal Assent on 27 October 1967. Although the ...

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Kathleen Rose with her parents Tracy and Thomas Harkin. Photo: Belfast Telegraph As abortion proponents protest outside Stormont and former Alliance leader David Ford seeks to introduce abortion in cases of "fatal foetal abnormality", a mother of a disabled child has spoken out against the use of th...

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John Smeaton, SPUC's chief executive said: "All unborn children and their mothers must be protected from the violence and injustice of abortion."Thursday 27th October marks the 49th Anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act becoming law. The bill, along with the acts such as the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish)...

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Baby "born twice" after miracle surgery outside the womb Lynlee Boemer meeting one of the surgeons who saved her life. Credit: Paul Vincent Kuntz/Texas Children's Hospital A baby was "born twice" after being taken out of her mother's womb for 20 minutes to perform surgery on her spine.The mother...

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Lord Shinkwin’s bill opposing abortion for disability debated in the House of Lords Lord Shinkwin asked peers to consider the issue from a disabled person's perspective. The Abortion (Disability Equality) Act, introduced by disabled peer Lord Shinkwin, received its second reading in the House of...

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If the Abortion Act singled out people like me for abortion, would I be happy? Posted by Paul Tully on 21 October 2016 Lord Shinkwin at the Don't Screen Us Out rally outside Parliament Today, 21 October 2016, the House of Lords will hear the second reading of the Abortion (Disability Equality) Bi...

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Lord Shinkwin at the Don't Screen Us Out rally outside ParliamentToday, , the House of Lords will hear the second reading of the Abortion (Disability Equality) Bill. The bill is being introduced by Lord Shinkwin, a peer who himself has a serious disability. It seeks to remove ground E, "that there i...

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Lord Shinkwin at the Don't Screen Us Out rally outside Parliament The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children comments on Lord Shinkwin’s Abortion (Disability Equality) Bill. Tomorrow, , the House of Lords will hear the second reading of the Abortion (Disability Equality) Bill. The bill is bei...

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Marie Stopes "pressures young mothers into having abortions" Shannon Skinner with baby Amelia, who survived the first stage of a medical abortion: "I call her our miracle baby because we just don’t know how she survived. She must have really wanted to be here." Photo: John Lawrence. The Daily Ma...

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Amnesty International has been campaigning to decriminalise abortion in Northern Ireland. Amnesty International has been accused by pro-life groups in Northern Ireland of campaigning to undermine human rights and discriminate against the most disabled.The comments come as representatives from Amnest...

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70% "support Northern Ireland abortion law change" says survey Amnesty International has been campaigning to decriminalise abortion in Northern Ireland. Amnesty International has published an opinion poll which claims that 70% of people in Northern Ireland support a change in abortion law, the B...

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Study promoting illegal home abortion pills published - just as Irish Citizens' Assembly on abortion convenes Women on the Web sells abortion pills to women in Ireland and Northern Ireland, so they can illegally abort at home. Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images A study on the use of abortion p...

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Women who choose abortion are "certain of the decision", study claims The study did not factor in the views of women years or even months after their abortion A study published in the journal Contraception has claimed that women seeking an abortion tend to be more certain of their choice than pe...

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Edith Schippers, the Netherlands' Health Minister, does not give an age threshold for the proposal.  The Dutch government has announced plans to draft a law that would legalise assisted suicide for people who feel they have "completed life" but are not terminally ill, or even suffering. In a letter ...

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The study suggests that the human heart starts beating at 16 days after conception, not 21. Image: University of Oxford A study has demonstrated the earlier beating of the heart in mouse embryos than has previously been thought. When extrapolated to humans, the study suggests that the heart starts b...

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Campaigners fear Down’s syndrome test on the NHS will increase abortions The Don't Screen Us Out Rally outside Parliament in April.  Sky News has reported on fears that non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) will lead to an increase in abortions of babies with Down's syndrome if it is made availab...

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SPUC interns: "We learnt how crucial it is for everyone, especially young people, to be actively involved in the pro-life movement every day." Posted by SPUC interns on 11 October 2016 ?Alejandro and Alanis leafleting in PrestonMeet the interns We are Alejandro and Alanis, and we interned at the ...

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​Alejandro and Alanis leafleting in PrestonMeet the internsWe are Alejandro and Alanis, and we interned at the SPUC headquarters in London this August.We come from very different backgrounds. One of us, Alanis, is a law student from a small town in green mid-Wales, and the other, Alejandro, is ori...

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A CQC report raised serious concerns about management, training and gaining consent at Marie Stopes. Photo: The Science Library Marie Stopes International (MSI) has resumed performing abortions seven weeks after they were suspended over "serious concerns" about patient safety.The abortion giant was ...

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Actress Sally Phillips with Halldora, who is from Iceland- where 100% of babies with Downs are now aborted following the introduction of NIPT. Photo: BBC Popular actress Sally Phillips' documentary, "A World Without Down's Syndrome" has sparked intense debate, both about Down's syndrome itself and t...

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