SPUC has called for pro-lifers to lobby members of the House of Lords on assisted suicide.Lord Alderdice has re-tabled a previously undebated amendment to allow assisted suicide to the government's Coroners and Justice bill. Indications are that the amendment will be debated either on Monday or Wedn...

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The European Parliament has voted against pro-life amendments to stop EU money being spent on coercive and sex-selective abortions.The amendments were partly motivated by opposition to China's one-child policy, which involves compulsory abortions, and to the abortions of unborn girls because of a cu...

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Pro-lifers held a massive rally in Madrid, the Spanish capital, on Saturday to protest against a government's bill to expand abortion. Estimates of the size of the rally vary. The regional government and the BBC http://is.gd/4qFdJ estimated the crowd to be over a million. The rally's theme was "Ever...

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News, Top storiesThis Thursday (22 Oct) the European Parliament will vote on amendments, supported by SPUC, against coercive and sex-selective abortion. Please contact your MEPs immediately to urge them to support the amendments [SPUC campaign alert, 19 October] http://is.gd/4rfRPPro-lifers held a...

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News, Top storiesMembers of the European Parliament (MEPs) are calling for compulsory school-lessons to combat opposition to the Lisbon treaty, including claims that the treaty could result in abortion bans being over-turned. The calls are being led by the centre-right European People's Party (EPP...

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A former Peruvian health minister says pro-abortion feminist groups make false claims regarding illegal abortion numbers. Luis Solari said that when minister of health he was able to confirm that the figures claimed by pro-abortion groups were several times higher than the official figures. Mr Solar...

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Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are calling for compulsory school-lessons to combat opposition to the Lisbon treaty, including claims that the treaty could result in abortion bans being over-turned. The calls are being led by the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) bloc and by Mario...

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SPUC has condemned as false a new report into worldwide abortion rates by a pro-abortion body. The report, by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, claims that abortion bans are ineffectual and that 70,000 women a year die from unsafe illegal abortions. Anthony Ozimic of SPUC commented: "The Guttmacher rep...

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News, Top storiesSPUC has condemned as false a new report into worldwide abortion rates by a pro-abortion body. The report, by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, claims that abortion bans are ineffectual and that 70,000 women a year die from unsafe illegal abortions. Anthony Ozimic of SPUC commented: ...

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Report into abortion rates is false says SPUC London, - A report into worldwide abortion rates is false, says the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC). The Alan Guttmacher Institute, which has released the report, is an offshoot of the world's largest abortion promoter, the Internat...

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News, Top storiesPeru's Catholic bishops have condemned a bill to allow abortion in the cases of rape and foetal deformity. The Peruvian bishops' conference said: "[H]ow can we accept the death penalty for an embryo that hasn't even had the time to commit a mistake and cannot even defend itself?" ...

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Peru's Catholic bishops have condemned a bill to allow abortion in the cases of rape and foetal deformity. The Peruvian bishops' conference said: "[H]ow can we accept the death penalty for an embryo that hasn't even had the time to commit a mistake and cannot even defend itself?" The bill has been a...

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SPUC has criticised the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama, the American president. John Smeaton, SPUC director, said: "This is the same Barack Obama, one of whose first actions as president was to sign an order to abort the world's poor. I am sorely tempted to believe that if she was...

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News, SPUC has criticised the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama, the American president. John Smeaton, SPUC director, said: "This is the same Barack Obama, one of whose first actions as president was to sign an order to abort the world's poor. I am sorely tempted to believe that if...

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News, Top stories:A new statistical study into abortion in France has shown a huge rise in abortions since the procedure was legalised in 1974. Between 1974 and 2004, abortions increased from 40% to 60%. Chantal Blayot, professor of demography at Montesquieu-Bordeau IV, there is "a strong social p...

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A new statistical study into abortion in France has shown a huge rise in abortions since the procedure was legalised in 1974. Between 1974 and 2004, abortions increased from 40% to 60%. Chantal Blayot, professor of demography at Montesquieu-Bordeau IV, there is "a strong social pressure to abort" in...

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Mother Teresa would have returned her Nobel prize if alive today London, - If she was alive today, Mother Teresa would return her Nobel Prize in response to today's award to Barack Obama, "the abortion president ", said the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) http://www.spuc.org.uk...

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SPUC has criticised the comments of an African bishop who said the election of Barack Obama as American president was a divine sign. Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, told the Synod for Africa currently meeting in Rome that the election of a black US pr...

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News, Top storiesSPUC has criticised the comments of an African bishop who said the election of Barack Obama as American president was a divine sign. Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, told the Synod for Africa currently meeting in Rome that the electi...

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News, Top storiesA new type of morning-after pill is now being sold in Britain. Ulipristal (ellaOne) is reportedly effective up to five days after sexual intercourse. HRA Pharma, the manufacturer, states that "alterations to the endometrium may also contribute to ulipristal's efficacy." [The Pharm]...

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