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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Actress Sally Phillips presents "A World Without Down's Syndrome?" which airs tonight at 9pm on BBC2.  A documentary on screening for Down's Syndrome, and a Dispatches episode on pavement counselling, are both due to air tonight.The actress Sally Phillips, whose son Olly has Down's syndrome, is pres...

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Cathy Newman: The Channel 4 presenter reveals her own abortion on the programme. Image: Channel 4Tonight will see the broadcast of a Channel 4 Dispatches episode called "Undercover: Britain's Abortion extremists." This show alleges that the pro-life groups 40 Days for Life (40DFL) and the Good Couns...

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Tonight's Dispatches episode - what to expect? Posted by Alithea Williams on 5 October 2016 Cathy Newman: The Channel 4 presenter reveals her own abortion on the programme. Image: Channel 4 Tonight will see the broadcast of a Channel 4 Dispatches episode called "Undercover: Britain's Abortion ext...

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The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has hit back at an attack on pavement counsellors, accusing the media of censoring the voices of women. A number of media outlets have launched an assault on pavement counsellors, especially the Good Counsel Network (GCN) - but have declined t...

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?One woman describes how help and support from a pavement counsellor gave her the strength to keep her baby A number of media outlets have launched an assault on pavement counsellors, especially the Good Counsel Network (GCN) - but journalists have refused all invitations to interview women helped b...

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Actress Sally Phillips with her son, Olly: "I was told it was a tragedy and actually it's a comedy." Photo: BBC The BBC has published a magazine feature on actress Sally Phillips and her upcoming documentary, "A world without Down's syndrome?" The piece says that ninety per cent of people in the UK ...

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First "three person baby" born Dr John Zhang, holding the baby reported to be the first born with DNA from three people. Photograph: New Hope Fertility Centre The world's first baby has been born using a "three person" fertility technique, according to the New Scientist.The controversial mitocho...

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SPUC members at the 50th anniversary conference On the weekend of 23-25 September, SPUC held a conference celebrating the 50th Anniversary of its founding (scroll down to see the photos).170 delegates gathered to recall the key event leading to the formation of the society, a letter in the Church Ti...

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Pro-Life activists say the Eighth Amendment protects mothers and babies. Image source: ReutersProtests held across the world against Ireland's pro-life laws The BBC reports that thousands of people have marched across Dublin and 20 other world cities to protest against Ireland's abortion laws.Protes...

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Left to right: Paul Tully, Alan Smith, Elspeth Chowdharay-Best and John Smeaton LONDO N : The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) this weekend hosted 170 delegates for a conference marking the 50th Anniversary of the organisation.The conference recalled the key event leading to the ...

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Parents furious after senior doctors suggest NHS should work out the "cost effectiveness" of caring for children with Down’s syndrome Families protesting Parliament at the Don't Screen Us Out rally in April Senior doctors caused outrage yesterday by suggesting that the costs of caring for childr...

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