News, Top stories: Number of IVF babies passes 5m worldwide  The number of babies born following conception via IVF has reached five million worldwide, according to estimates. Around 100,000 IVF babies are estimated to have been born in the UK since the first IVF baby was born in 1978. [Mail, 2 ]...

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The number of babies born following conception via IVF has reached five million worldwide, according to estimates.Around 100,000 IVF babies are estimated to have been born in the UK since the first IVF baby was born in 1978. [Mail, 2 July]Anthony Ozimic, SPUC's communications manager, commented: "Wh...

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A statement by world science academies in favour of population control shows how public bodies are being hijacked increasingly by ideology, says SPUC.SPUC was responding to the statement on population and consumption by the Inter Academies Panel (IAP) prior to the Rio+20 conference.Anthony Ozimic, S...

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The Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development has witnessed a notable pro-life success, with abortion being excluded from the text of the conference's outcome document.Pat Buckley, one of SPUC's UN representatives, reported: "The outcome document (known as 'The Future We Want') has...

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Claims about the so-called unmet need for family planning in the developing world made by Save the Children are "false, illogical and unfounded", says SPUC.SPUC was responding to the report "Every woman's right: How family planning saves children's lives".Paul Tully, SPUC's general secretary, commen...

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News, Top stories: Save the Children 'family planning' claims are "false, illogical and unfounded" says SPUC Claims about the so-called unmet need for family planning in the developing world made by Save the Children are "false, illogical and unfounded", says SPUC. SPUC was responding to the rep...

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Forced abortion in China: how it works Posted by Dan Blackman on 29 June 2012 The May edition of the Economist magazine has a fascinating insight into how China's system of forced abortion is managed.It's entitled: "Suppressing dissent: The emperor does know" and subtitled "How the system rewar...

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Save the Children 'family planning' claims are false, illogical and unfounded says pro life group SPUC Save the Children 'family planning' claims are "false, illogical and unfounded" says pro-life group SPUC London, : Claims about the so-called unmet need for family planning in the developing wo...

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VIDEO: Former abortionist describes the reality of abortion Posted by Jack Francis on 26 June 2012 Please watch this video of Dr Anthony Levantino, a former abortionist, in which he describes the reality of a Dilation and Evacuation abortion.Dr Levantino is well known for having said: "I want t...

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Don Ritchie: ‘The Angel of the Gap’ Posted by Eve Woolyen on 25 June 2012 I recently read a story reported by a major television news station that took me by complete surprise for its life affirming message and the inspiration and simplicity of the man about whom it was written: 86 year-old Don...

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To Be Born: a powerful pro-life film Posted by Jack Francis on 21 June 2012 To Be Born is a powerful short film, which focuses on a young pregnant mother whose boyfriend orders her to have an abortion.The day before she is due to go to the abortion centre she has a dream where her unborn child ...

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H.G. Wells and the intellectual origins of Eugenics Posted by Matthew McCusker on 20 June 2012 During the first half of the twentieth century many prominent figures promoted the ideology of eugenics.H.G. Wells, best known for futuristic novels such as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds,...

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Abortion Rights offer young people a bleak and nasty vision of life Posted by Jack Francis on 19 June 2012 On Wednesday 16 May the abortion-lobbying group Abortion Rights held a public meeting in the Houses of Parliament.Much of the content of the eight speeches was made up of the same, tired p...

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News, Top story: Draft doctors' guidance undermines human rights Draft guidance for doctors by the General Medical Council (GMC) undermines human rights. SPUC made the comments in its submission to the GMC's consultation on personal beliefs, which closed last week. (SPUC's submission http://www....

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Draft guidance for doctors by the General Medical Council (GMC) undermines human rights. SPUC made the comments in its submission to the GMC's consultation on personal beliefs, which closed last week.In its submission, SPUC said that the right to conscientious objection is a human right, which the G...

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Draft doctors' guidance undermines human rights, says SPUC Draft doctors' guidance undermines human rights, says SPUC : Draft guidance for doctors by the General Medical Council (GMC) undermines human rights, said the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) www.spuc.org.uk a leading...

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SPUC has responded to a report published by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics which claims that: "Novel techniques to prevent mitochondrial DNA disorders would be an ethical treatment option".Anthony Ozimic, SPUC's communications manager, commented: "As with IVF and cloning, these mitochondrial tech...

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News, Top stories: Approval for new and controversial embryo techniques is dangerous SPUC has responded to a report published by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics which claims that: "Novel techniques to prevent mitochondrial DNA disorders would be an ethical treatment option". Anthony Ozimic, SP...

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Mitochondria technique approval 'dangerous' says pro life group SPUC Mitochondria technique approval 'dangerous' says pro-life group SPUC   London, , 00.01: Approval for new and controversial embryo techniques is 'dangerous', said the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) www.spuc...

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News, Top stories: Top Tory says PM's backing for gay marriage is "big factor in a slump in Tory membership" A prominent activist and commentator within the British Conservative party has said the backing given to same-sex marriage by David Cameron, the Conservative prime minister, has resulted ...

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