The RCOG has released two new reports, on foetal awareness and abortion on the ground of foetal anomaly. The foetal awareness report claims that a foetus cannot feel pain before 24 weeks because the connections in the foetal brain are not fully formed. Paul Tully, SPUC's general secretary, has said ...

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News, The UK Royal College of Gynaecologists supports killing 570 babies a day. The RCOG has released two new reports, on foetal awareness and abortion on the ground of foetal anomaly. The foetal awareness report claims that a foetus cannot feel pain before 24 weeks because the connections in the...

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The RCOG supports killing 570 babies a day London, - A leading pro-life group has responded to claims made today about foetal pain and disability by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). Paul Tully, general secretary of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPU...

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News, Pontifical Academy for Life director shows how contraceptive techniques are frequently abortive. Monsignor Jacques Suaudeau, the Scientific Director of the Pontifical Academy for Life, has recently published an interview where he explains the links between contraception and abortion. Monsi...

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An advisory committee of the US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new abortion drug called Ella. The drug was falsely being promoted as an emergency contraceptive pill. One way in which the pill is reported to work is to kill a newly formed embryo before implantation in the mother's uterus...

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SPUC is appealing to church leaders and pro-life groups worldwide to oppose an extreme, "ideologically driven" pro-abortion report produced by the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights. The report was introduced to the Human Rights Court last week in a one-sided debate, from which SPUC, the only pro-...

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News, UN officials promote "right to abortion" at Human Rights Council. SPUC is appealing to church leaders and pro-life groups worldwide to oppose an extreme, "ideologically driven" pro-abortion report produced by the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights. The report was introduced to the Human R...

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News, Ultrasound 'scan' of baby Jesus to feature in churches' Christmas campaign. Protestant Churches have joined forces in an advertising campaign that shows a scan of baby Jesus in the Virgin Mary's womb, complete with a halo. The poster campaign reads: 'He's on His way. Christmas starts with Ch...

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Television adverts in the UK advertising Marie Stopes International abortion facilities have garnered over 1,000 complaints from viewers in their first two weeks. The volume of complaints has prompted the Advertising Standards Authority to agree to investigate whether the ads have violated broadcast...

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Alison Davis, who represents disabled people as national co-ordinator of No Less Human, a group within SPUC Pro-Life, has responded to the decision by the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute Michael Bateman who assisted his wife Margaret to commit suicide. Alison said the decision meant not o...

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News, Non-prosecution of assisted suicide in the UK threatens vulnerable. Alison Davis, who represents disabled people as national co-ordinator of No Less Human, a group within SPUC Pro-Life, has responded to the decision by the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute Michael Bateman who assis...

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Family Planning Association has vested interests in abortion industry Belfast, : The Family Planning Association (FPA) has been accused of seeking undermine the law in Northern Ireland in order to advance its vested financial interests in the abortion industry.   The Society for the Protection of Un...

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Belfast court gives green light to abortion guidance challenge Belfast, - The high court in Belfast has granted leave to the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) for a full legal challenge of the decision to re-issue controversial guidance on abortion, despite a last-minute attempt ...

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Assisted suicide non prosecution threatens vulnerable, says disabled woman Assisted suicide non-prosecution threatens vulnerable, says disabled woman London, - A decision not to prosecute a man who assisted his wife's suicide has been criticised by a previously suicidal disabled woman. Alison ...

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Britain’s high abortion stats mean doctors need reality check on abortion, says pro life group SPUC Britain’s high abortion stats mean doctors need reality check on abortion, says pro-life group SPUC London, - Britain’s continuing high abortion statistics mean that many doctors need to be more ...

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Marie Stopes TV ad is deceptive says pro-life group SPUC London, - The television advertisement by Marie Stopes International, released this morning via The Guardian newspaper’s website (see note 1 below), is deceptive, says the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC). The advertisemen...

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Abortion advertisement move condemned by leading pro-life group SPUC London, - The planned screening of an advertisement for abortions on British television has been condemned by the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), a leading pro-life group. Marie Stopes International told the ...

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News, New UK government and Catholic bishops spell danger for unborn. John Smeaton, SPUC director, has said that Britain may face a renewal of anti-life laws and policies under the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition. However, Mr Smeaton added that he thinks a greater threat than the coal...

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US pro-life advocates have criticized President Barack Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court. Kagan has a history of criticizing both a Supreme Court ruling that allows for the restriction of funding to abortion providers and has also criticized pro-life crisis pregnancy centers. []...

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New government poses fresh dangers for both born and unborn children, warns pro life group SPUC New government poses fresh dangers for both born and unborn children, warns pro-life group SPUC London, - The change of government means a renewed threat of pro-abortion sex education being imposed o...

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