Some scientists are calling for dolphins to be given the same respect as humans, on account of their supposedly relatively high intelligence.The scientists claim that dolphins are more intelligent than chimpanzees, based on brain size and behavioural observations.John Smeaton, SPUC director, comment...

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The Irish Supreme Court has rejected a request by a woman, Mary Roche, to be implanted with frozen embryos created during IVF. Thomas Roche, her estranged husband, had refused permission for the implantation. Mrs Roche's lawyers argued that the embryos were protected by article 40.3.3. of the Irish ...

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News, Top storiesThe Irish Supreme Court has rejected a request by a woman, Mary Roche, to be implanted with frozen embryos created during IVF. Thomas Roche, her estranged husband, had refused permission for the implantation. Mrs Roche's lawyers argued that the embryos were protected by article 4...

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Irish ruling on embryo status contrary to human rights says SPUC Dublin, - Today's ruling that embryos outside the body are not protected under Ireland's constitution is contrary to international human rights law, says the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC). The Irish Supreme Cour...

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Belfast court again rejects pro-abortion guidance Belfast, - The High Court in Belfast has again ruled against government's guidance on abortion. Last month, Lord Justice Girvan ordered Northern Ireland's health department to withdraw its guidance on abortion because it was misleading in two key ar...

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Alison Davis, the well-known pro-life disabled rights advocate, is heading a challenge to July's House of Lords judgment in favour of Debbie Purdy, the assisted suicide campaigner. SPUC supporters will know Alison well through her many years as co-ordinator of No Less Human, a group within SPUC repr...

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Youth protest against abortion outside European court Strasbourg, - A youth vigil was held this morning outside the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, as the court considered a challenge to Ireland's constitutional protection of unborn children. Young people representing Ireland,...

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Next Wednesday 9 December, SPUC supporters will be holding a vigil outside the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France between 9am and 12 noon. Anyone who wishes to join the vigil should be near the main entrance of the court by 9am. The vigil is being held as the court considers the A,...

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SPUC victory in Northern Ireland abortion case Belfast, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has commented on today's judgment by the Belfast high court on the application for a judicial review of government abortion guidance, sought by SPUC. Lord Justice Girvan ruled in favou...

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The government has published a bill to make sex education compulsory in all state-run primary and secondary schools in England. The Children, Schools and Families bill also sets out the principles under which schools must teach sex education. The principles require that sex education "reflects a rea...

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Misdiagnosed 'coma' case challenges euthanasia mentality Misdiagnosed 'coma' case challenges euthanasia mentality London, - The newly-revealed case of Rom Houben, who was misdiagnosed for 23 years as being in a coma-like state, challenges the pro-euthanasia mentality which exists regarding seve...

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Detail of schools bill reveals government's abortion agenda Detail of schools bill reveals government's abortion agenda London, - The detail of the government's Children, Schools and Families bill, published today, reveals the way the government will promote abortion through state schools in En...

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Euthanasia bill defeat in South Australia a victory for civilised values London, - The rejection of euthanasia by the South Australia parliament is a victory for civilised values, says leading UK-based anti-euthanasia group SPUC Pro-Life. The upper house of the South Australian parliament has just ...

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Government's Queen's speech schools bill will undermine child safety Government's Queen's speech schools bill will undermine child safety London, - The government's plans for schoolchildren will undermine child safety, said the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC). The BBC has ...

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SPUC Pro-Life has called for an apparent double suicide case to be investigated. The BBC reported the deaths of Dennis and Flora Milner of Newbury, Berkshire and their alleged suicide note. [BBC, 3 November] http://is.gd/4MbRU Paul Tully, SPUC Pro-Life's general secretary, commented: "The police sho...

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The government has announced that the teaching of sex education will be compulsory from age five onwards in state schools in England [Department for Children, Schools and Families, 5 November] http://is.gd/4UdTl Paul Tully, SPUC general secretary, commented: "We condemn this exploitation of the stat...

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Government's teen pregnancy strategy undermines parents and betrays children says SPUC Government's teen pregnancy strategy undermines parents and betrays children says SPUC London, - The government has today accepted all the major recommendations of the latest report by the Teenage Pregnancy I...

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SPUC Northern Ireland comments on latest abortion statistics Belfast, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) in Northern Ireland has responded to new statistics which suggest there has been a slight increase in the numbers of abortions in Northern Ireland. Liam Gibson of SPUC N...

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Compulsory sex ed is government exploitation of schools London, - Compulsory sex education is government exploitation of schools, says the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC). The government has announced today that it will implement the recommendations of the pro-abortion SRE Revi...

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Call for investigation of apparent double suicide case London, - A leading anti-euthanasia group has called for an apparent double suicide case to be investigated. The BBC has reported the deaths of Dennis and Flora Milner of Newbury, Berkshire and their alleged suicide note Paul Tully, general sec...

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