Advertising 'watchdog' acting as abortion industry's poodle, says leading pro life group SPUC Advertising 'watchdog' acting as abortion industry's poodle, says leading pro-life group SPUC London, : Britain's advertising 'watchdog' is acting as the abortion industry's poodle, said the Society for...

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Claim of rise in illegal abortions globally is dubious, says leading pro life group SPUC Claim of rise in illegal abortions globally is dubious, says leading pro-life group SPUC London, : A claim published today in The Lancet that so-called 'unsafe' - usually illegal - abortions worldwide have r...

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'Three parent' embryo technique unethical and macabre says leading pro life group SPUC 'Three-parent' embryo technique "unethical and macabre" says leading pro-life group SPUC London, : A leading pro-life group has described as "macabre and unethical" a so-called 'three-parent' embryo technique ...

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News, Top stories: Book now for 5th International Youth Pro-Life Conference, 2 - 4 March Every year since 2008 SPUC has hosted the International Youth Pro-Life Conference. Around 150 delegates join us from colleges and universities from around the world. This year's the conference is on 2-4 Marc...

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Marie Stopes International, the international abortion provider, has been awarded a certificate of merit by Vietnam's Ministry of Health for its so-called family planning work. [MSI via Twitter, 16 January]Vietnam's government operates a coercive two-child population control policy [SPUC, 21 July 20]...

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Every year since 2008 SPUC has hosted the International Youth Pro-Life Conference.Around 150 delegates join us from colleges and universities from around the world. This year's the conference is on 2-4 March and the theme is 'Human Dignity'. We have a fantastic line-up of speakers who will address a...

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The Good Counsel Network (GCN) (website and blog) has celebrated its 15th anniversary.Clare and Stuart McCullough (blog) have, through their prayer, fasting, counselling, support and witness, saved countless lives from abortion and served countless women in need. SPUC is proud to support Good Counse...

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Hundreds of women forcibly sterilised under a now-defunct North Carolina eugenics programme are set to receive US$50,000 each in compensation.The state task-force which determined the sum said it was not seeking to place a value on people's lives. [Mail, 10 January] Such programmes were promoted by ...

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Anne Pryke, the health minister of the UK island of Jersey, says she will not support the legalisation of assisted suicide.The BBC reported that Mrs Pryke said that life was a privilege and should be protected. Her comments come after a widely-publicised report by a pro-suicide lobbying group. [BBC,]...

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45 years ago yesterday (11 January), the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) was established at a meeting in central London.The meeting was held at the Wig and Pen Club in the Strand. Alan Smith, who remains a member of SPUC's executive committee and on its national council, was ele...

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News, Top stories: Please pray for SPUC on our 45th anniversary 45 years ago yesterday (11 January), the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) was established at a meeting in central London. The meeting was held at the Wig and Pen Club in the Strand. Alan Smith, who remains a memb...

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News, Top stories: Assisted suicide report from Falconer's stacked commission is worthless says SPUC The report by Lord Falconer's self-styled commission on assisted suicide, funded by pro-death activists, amounts to a renewed attack on the legal status of disabled and elderly people. The commis...

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The report by Lord Falconer's self-styled commission on assisted suicide, funded by pro-death activists, amounts to a renewed attack on the legal status of disabled and elderly people.The commission has been widely discredited as stacked with supporters of assisted suicide. Paul Tully of SPUC Pro-Li...

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Assisted suicide report from Falconer's stacked commission is worthless says SPUC Assisted suicide report from Falconer's stacked commission is worthless says SPUC London, : Lord Falconer's report on assisted suicide is worthless, said anti-euthanasia group SPUC Pro-Life. SPUC Pro-Life has playe...

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Leading pro-life group launches campaign against gay marriage London, : A leading pro-life group has launched a campaign against the Westminster government's proposals for same-sex marriage. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) www.spuc.org.uk has today published a position pape...

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The Armenian representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned of a rise in unborn girls being aborted in Armenia.Garik Hayrapetyan told a news conference that: "In ten to 20 years, we will face a deficit of women - that means, of potential mothers". [AFP via Yahoo!, 19 Decembe]...

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News, Top stories: Selective abortion of girls increases in Armenia, says UN Population Fund The Armenian representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned of a rise in unborn girls being aborted in Armenia. Garik Hayrapetyan told a news conference that: "In ten to 20 years...

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News, Top stories: UK prime minister says UK should return to Christian moral values David Cameron, the British prime minister, has called for British society to return to traditional Christian moral values. In a speech to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, Mr Cameron said: "mor...

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The annual Dutch March for Life took place on Saturday 10 December. It is estimated that 1,400 people took part in the march, which is almost double last year's attendance.Dr Bert P Dorenbos, President of Cry for Life and the chief organiser of the march, said: "We're not going for stricter rules, b...

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The Good Counsel Network, a pro-life organisation which assists women in crisis pregnancies, are carol singing at London tube stations next week (19, 21 and 22 December) to raise money for their life-saving work.Please go along and join them one evening if you can. If you're not comfortable singing ...

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