News, Three quarters of the Irish population believe that morning-after pills should be more readily available, a study commissioned by the Irish Pharmaceutical Union suggests. The pharmacists say that the drug should be available over the counter. This comes just two months after Archbishop Diarm...

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SPUC has asked Mr Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, if he will repudiate some of his previous political actions now that he has become a Catholic. John Smeaton, SPUC national director, has today written to Mr Blair to ask him to admit that he was wrong to support abortion up to birth, a...

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A British woman has claimed that she gave birth prematurely because of harassment at work from her boss. Mrs Naomi Mainwaring gave birth to her daughter Niamh a month prematurely in June 2007. She told an employment tribunal that she blamed the premature birth on "months of personal harassment" foll...

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News, A British woman has claimed that she gave birth prematurely because of harassment at work from her boss. Mrs Naomi Mainwaring gave birth to her daughter Niamh a month prematurely in June 2007. She told an employment tribunal that she blamed the premature birth on "months of personal harassme...

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News, As underage pregnancies in Britain continue to rise, the government has been criticised for its focus on sex education and easy access to birth control. Professor David Paton, an economist at the Nottingham University Business School, said: "The underlying social deprivation of an area, fami...

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As underage pregnancies in Britain continue to rise, the government has been criticised for its focus on sex education and easy access to birth control. Professor David Paton, an economist at the Nottingham University Business School, said: "The underlying social deprivation of an area, family break...

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A senior public health official has recommended the teaching of sex education to five-year-olds. Dr Charles Saunders, chairman of the British Medical Association's consultants' committee in Scotland, said many children were "already experimenting" sexually by 12 and were therefore being exposed to r...

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News, A senior public health official has recommended the teaching of sex education to five-year-olds. Dr Charles Saunders, chairman of the British Medical Association's consultants' committee in Scotland, said many children were "already experimenting" sexually by 12 and were therefore being expo...

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News, UK teenage pregnancy figures have rocketed under the government's supposed crackdown 10 years ago, statistics have shown. The Department of Health, which set a target of halving reducing teenage pregnancies by 2010, has admitted that "progress needs to accelerate" following the news that the...

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UK teenage pregnancy figures have rocketed under the government's supposed crackdown 10 years ago, statistics have shown. The Department of Health, which set a target of halving reducing teenage pregnancies by 2010, has admitted that "progress needs to accelerate" following the news that the UK now ...

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Pro-euthanasia lobbyists are hoping that the new Australian government will consider legalising voluntary euthanasia. Dr Philip Nitschke, a pro-euthanasia campaigner, is holding a workshop in Canberra to provide information on accessing voluntary euthanasia methods, despite being warned by the attor...

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News, SPUC is writing to Mr Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, to ask whether he has repented of his anti-life positions since becoming a Catholic earlier this month. A spokesman described the news of his conversion as "decidedly strange". During his premiership, Mr Blair became one of...

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Blair as Catholic: SPUC comment Blair as Catholic: SPUC comment The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), the world's first pro-life lobbying and educational organisation, has commented on the reception of Tony Blair into the Catholic church. "The news about Tony Blair becoming a...

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News, Dr David King of the campaign group Human Genetics Alert has accused the Government of failing to appreciate the dangers inherent in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill. In a letter to the British public health minister Dawn Primarolo he said "Genetic modification degrades human subj...

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Dr David King of the campaign group Human Genetics Alert has accused the Government of failing to appreciate the dangers inherent in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill. In a letter to the British public health minister Dawn Primarolo he said "Genetic modification degrades human subjects int...

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Women who have a miscarriage or an abortion are at greater risk of having a premature or low-weight baby in the future, according to an American study. Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University studied 45,500 mothers and their children and found that women who had miscarried or had an aborti...

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News, Abortions in Croatia have dropped to 4,563 in the latest annual statistics, for 2005, Lifesite reports. The figure is less than 10% of the 1989 total, when there were nearly as many abortions as live births. Dr. Antun Lisec the director of Human Life International in Croatia, cites good coop...

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News, The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has warned against a scheme being implemented in Britain that would enable young girls to obtain morning-after pills by filling in a form. Paul Tully, general secretary of SPUC, said: "We are in a situation where young people are being...

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The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has warned against a scheme being implemented in Britain that would enable young girls to obtain morning-after pills by filling in a form. Paul Tully, general secretary of SPUC, said: "We are in a situation where young people are being sexuali...

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weekly update, 19 December weekly update, 19 December Members of the British cabinet will be permitted to vote against their government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, according to the Telegraph. Catholic MPs and members of the cabinet, Ms Ruth Kelly, transport secretary, and Mr Des B...

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