Abuja, Nigeria: Nigeria's Catholic bishops have given a standing ovation for tough words in a speech last night given by a veteran UK pro-life leader.John Smeaton, chief executive of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) last night addressed the bishops at a dinner in Abuja, Niger...

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London: The three-parent embryo technique flouts global ethics, says the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) the UK's first and largest pro-life lobby group.SPUC was responding to the claim made by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) that the technique, which has...

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Sir James Munby ruled that an abortion was in the girl's "best interests" The High Court in London has approved an abortion in the case of a mentally-impaired teenager. The girl, aged 13, was said to have the intellect of a seven year-old.Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division of the High...

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Several Supreme Court justices have encouraged and even pressured Parliament to pass Lord Falconer's assisted suicide bill The mixed opinions of judges in the Supreme Court judgment in the Nicklinson case shows the danger of Parliament passing the Falconer assisted suicide bill.The warning came from...

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SPUC's Pat Buckley described the vote as "truly historic"? The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council has passed a resolution for the "Protection of the Family", despite opposition from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.Patrick Buckley, representing SPUC at Geneva, ...

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?It is absolutely vital that there is an overwhelming response saying "no" to compulsory sex education The Education Select Committee of the House of Commons has launched an inquiry into personal, social and health education (PSHE) in schools.Sex and relationship education (SRE) is also covered in t...

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SPUC's Liam Gibson has welcomed the High Court's decision Pro-life campaigners in Northern Ireland have welcomed the decision by the High Court in  London to reject claims that women from the Province should be entitled to "free" NHS abortions in Britain.Liam Gibson, the development officer for the ...

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Jeremy Hunt is the Secretary of State for Health The government's newly-issued guidance on abortion is "weak" and "fails to uphold the law", says SPUC, the UK's main pro-life political organisation.The Department of Health last week issued guidance on various aspects of abortion law and practice, su...

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The abortion rate has been on a downwards trend in Scotland since 2008 The annual rate of registered abortions in Scotland has fallen again, reports the Scotsman.According to the newspaper, "A total of 11,777 terminations were carried out in 2013, representing a rate of 11.2 per 1,000 women aged 15-...

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Panorama has revealed shocking cruelty from care home staff towards elderly residents Undercover filming by BBC's Panorama has revealed shocking cruelty against elderly residents of a care home in Essex, England.Residents at the Old Deaney, Braintree, were slapped, handled roughly, taunted, mocked, ...

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Pro-life medics will not be allow to join, nor receive training or qualifications from the RCOG A faculty of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology (RCOG) has barred pro-life medics.New guidelines by the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health (FSRH) bar doctors and nurses who have a c...

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Newcastle: Mary Glindon, Member of Parliament for North Tyneside, has given her support to a national parents' rights campaign which opposes making sex education a compulsory classroom subject.Mrs Glindon (left) attended a packed public meeting at Tyneside Irish Centre on Tuesday evening, addressed ...

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The GMC has decided not to discipline the doctors for illegally pre-signing abortion forms Over 60 doctors who pre-signed blank abortion authorisation forms will not be disciplined, according to the Mail. The newspaper obtained the information through a Freedom of Informationrequest.The General Medi...

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Senator Harradine inspired a generation of pro-lifers, including SPUC's John Smeaton Brian Harradine, the pro-life Australian former politician, has died aged 79. [SBS, 14 April]John Smeaton, SPUC's chief executive, said: "I fondly remember Senator Brian Harradine’s visit to SPUC’s offices in Westmi...

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Mr Baird voted for a bill which could give personhood rights to some unborn children Mike Baird, the new Premier of New South Wales, Australia's largest state, supports pro-life and pro-family values.The Guardian reports that Mr Baird voted for a bill which could give personhood rights to some unbor...

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Widespread use of contraception does not reduce abortion rates More contraception is not the answer to high levels of repeat abortions, says SPUC.SPUC was reacting to newly-published government statistics on repeat abortions, given in parliamentary answers by Jane Ellison, the health minister [Hansa]...

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News, Top story: More contraception not the answer to high levels of repeat abortions More contraception is not the answer to high levels of repeat abortions, says SPUC. SPUC was reacting to newly-published government statistics on repeat abortions, given in parliamentary answers by Jane Ellison...

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London: A Channel 4 Dispatches programme has highlighted the disposal of human remains from aborted and miscarried babies in NHS hospitals. Commenting on the revelations in the programme, Paul Tully, General Secretary of Society for the Protection of Unborn Children said:"We welcome the efforts of t...

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Want to see how good the 2014 SPUC youth conference was? Posted by Daniel Blackman on 13 March 2014 The SPUC 7th International pro-life youth and student conference took place this past weekend 7-9 March, at the Telford conference centre.It was a very successful and enjoyable weekend for attende...

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London: A parents' rights group will urge the Secretary of State for Education to direct all primary schools to show a new homosexual bullying film to every parent before it is screened to their children. The film, entitled "Free", has been produced by Stonewall, the homosexual rights group, which p...

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