Lucas returned home with his parents after spending 109 days in hospital A baby boy who was almost denied treatment when he was born prematurely at 23 weeks has celebrated his first birthday.Baby Lucas was born weighing just 520g, just over the 500g minimum which Coventry University Hospital require...

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Angela Merkel's governing CDU has rejected the proposal The German National Ethics Council has voted to call for the decriminalisation of incest.In a statement, the council said: "The fundamental right of adult siblings to sexual self-determination is to be weighed more heavily than the abstract ide...

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"How many times are old people just discarded, victims of an abandonment that is tantamount to hidden euthanasia?" At a gathering of some 40,000 elderly people in St. Peter's Square, Rome, Pope Francis said that neglect of the old is "hidden euthanasia".He also said that homes for the elderly should...

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The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has expressed its deep regret at the news of the death of Dr Ian Paisley and extended its condolences to Lady Paisley and their family.Liam Gibson, SPUC's Northern Ireland development officer, said: "In his long political career as an MP, MEP,...

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The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has been banned on spurious grounds by Dundee University Students' Association (DUSA) from its Freshers' Fayre.DUSA claims that SPUC's campaigns are contrary to DUSA'sConstitution, and that SPUC has engaged in extreme behaviour at pastFreshers...

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Delegates at the national conference of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) were saddened to hear of the death of Jim Dobbin MP, who had been along-serving chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group(APPPLG).The news was received as many of the delegates were attendin...

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London: A demonstration has been held outside the Polish embassy in London to protest against the dismissal of Professor Bogdan Chazan from his post at Holy Family Children’s Hospital in Warsaw.The protest was organised by the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC)." style="width: 486p...

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Young girl stands out from the crowd Posted by Rhoslyn Thomas on 2 September 2014 I received an e-mail about a young school girl in Year 8, who decided to create a petition to draw attention to the plight of the unborn and raise support for the SPUC Education and Research Trust.Among other thin...

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Sonia and Angela, pictured here a few days after Angela's birth A baby girl born with anencephaly, a condition where babies are born with parts of their brain missing and therefore often die soon after birth, is still alive at six months.It was predicted that baby Angela, born to mother Sonia Morale...

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Frank Van Den Bleeken is a serial murderer and rapist Frank Van Den Bleeken, a serial murderer and rapist in Bruges, Belgium, has been granted permission to commit suicide with the assistance of doctors.According to his lawyer, Mr Van Den Bleeken has expressed that he can "no longer accept the pain"...

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Bishop Davies was attending an annual pro-life pilgrimage to Walsingham Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury has spoken of the need to promote the "Gospel of Life with joy".Bishop Davies, who was attending an annual pro-life pilgrimage to Walsingham, said that: "We will be asked whether we stood idle al...

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Jim Wells has been appointed as Northern Ireland's new Health minister Jim Wells, who has previously stated in an interview that the abortion ban in Northern Ireland should be upheld, including in cases of rape, has been appointed as Northern Ireland's new Health minister by first minister Peter Rob...

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The condition which was treated affects millions of elderly people and can result in blindness A Japanese woman is the first person to be successfully treated for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with pluripotent cells taken from adult tissue samples.The condition which was treated affects mil...

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Teenage schoolchildren are being asked to take a chlamydia test in class Parents of children in Brighton and Hove have complained after their 15- and 16-year-old teenagers were asked to take a chlamydia test in class.All secondary state schools in the area, except for one Catholic school, have signe...

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Alberto Ruiz Gallardon, who championed the reform, has resigned from his post as justice minister Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish prime minister, has withdrawn a bill which would have reformed abortion law in Spain, limiting its availability only to cases of rape that have been reported to the police and...

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A history of abortion in Poland Posted by Rhoslyn Thomas on 29 August 2014 Contemporary Poland is characterised as having one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in the European Union.However, this was not always the case, and the history of abortion in Poland can be divided into three m...

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Choice and Freedom Posted by Rhoslyn Thomas on 28 August 2014 It was Goethe who said that "none are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free". This was a comment amply confirmed by the events of the late 20th and early 21st century. In a world that has seen the horro...

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All humans are equal, but some are more equal than others Posted by Eyo Esua on 14 August 2014 The family has always been the foundation of society. It is the natural context for each individual to be taught the value of morality and to first learn their role in society, whatever good form that...

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Our national conference brings all our supporters together for a great pro-life weekend SPUC's national conference takes place once again at the Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire, from 5-7 September.This will be a fantastic opportunity to hear international speakers on a range of pro-lif...

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Immoral not to abort unborn children with Down's Syndrome, says Richard Dawkins "As a scientist, Dawkins should know better than to deny that human life begins at conception" Professor Richard Dawkins, the prominent atheist scientist, has said that it is "immoral" not to abort unborn children wi...

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