News, The BBC has reported that Amnesty has 'ended abortion neutrality'. AI's new policy is said to support access to abortion in cases of rape, incest or violence, or where the pregnancy endangers the mother's life or health, and to be influenced by Amnesty's work in areas where rape is widesprea...

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The BBC has reported that Amnesty has 'ended abortion neutrality'. AI's new policy is said to support access to abortion in cases of rape, incest or violence, or where the pregnancy endangers the mother's life or health, and to be influenced by Amnesty's work in areas where rape is widespread or whe...

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Prenatal tests for Down's syndrome could cause women to miscarry their healthy babies, according to a British doctor. Dr Hylton Meire, formerly of King's College Hospital, London, warned that the amniocentesis test can be needlessly invasive and can lead to miscarriages of unborn children. Writing i...

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News, Chemical abortions are similar to surgical abortion in terms of their threat to further pregnancies, according to American researchers. Scientists from the University of California noted no major differences between the subsequent pregnancy of women who had had an abortion induced by drugs s...

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News, A demonstration against China's one-child policy was yesterday held outside the Chinese embassy in London by SPUC's youth and student division. The silent protest drew attention to the forced abortions and sterilisations carried out under the policy, as well as to the injustices suffered by...

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A demonstration against China's one-child policy was yesterday held outside the Chinese embassy in London by SPUC's youth and student division. The silent protest drew attention to the forced abortions and sterilisations carried out under the policy, as well as to the injustices suffered by those wh...

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weekly update, 9 to 16 August weekly update, 9 to 16 August A demonstration against China's one-child policy was this week held outside the Chinese embassy in London by SPUC's youth and student division. The silent protest drew attention to the forced abortions and sterilisations carried out und...

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Young people protest against Chinese population policy London, 16 August - The Youth and Student Division of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) organised a demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy in London yesterday (Wednesday 15 August) protesting against forced abortions an...

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Students to demonstrate outside Chinese embassy, London Students to demonstrate outside Chinese embassy, London Westminster, - The Youth and Student Division of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) are to hold a demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy in London tomorrow (W...

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The number of teenagers in Wales having abortions increased by 12% last year. 1,004 under-18s had abortions in 2006 compared with 894 in 2005, whilst the number of teenagers in England and Wales undergoing a second abortion has also increased. Janet Thomas of Cardiff SPUC commented: "Obviously, we d...

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News, The number of teenagers in Wales having abortions increased by 12% last year. 1,004 under-18s had abortions in 2006 compared with 894 in 2005, whilst the number of teenagers in England and Wales undergoing a second abortion has also increased. Janet Thomas of Cardiff SPUC commented: "Obvious...

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News, SPUC has launched a campaign against the British government's draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill, which is due to be introduced to parliament in November. SPUC's 16-page briefing describes how the bill would significantly weaken protection for human embryos' right to life, proposes to legal...

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SPUC has launched a campaign against the British government's draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill, which is due to be introduced to parliament in November. SPUC's 16-page briefing describes how the bill would significantly weaken protection for human embryos' right to life, proposes to legalise new ...

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weekly update, 1 to 8 August weekly update, 1 to 8 August Parliamentarians have produced a report on the government's draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill and SPUC is deeply concerned about it. If the committee has its way, wide areas of embryo research would be exempt from licensing and the regu...

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The British state health service is reportedly not following official guidance for the provision of IVF treatment. A government survey has found that, despite recommendations by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, fewer than half of health service providers fund the freezing o...

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News, The British state health service is reportedly not following official guidance for the provision of IVF treatment. A government survey has found that, despite recommendations by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, fewer than half of health service providers fund the fr...

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News, Figures released by the Department of Health have revealed that approximately 1 in 22 teenagers in some areas of the UK had abortions last year, including 135 girls under the age of 14. One 18-year-old had her sixth abortion in 2006. The UK has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in western E...

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China's family planning commission, which is responsible for enforcing the one-child policy, is to use more carefully-worded slogans as part of its propaganda campaign. Aggressive slogans are painted on walls and houses across China threatening couples with the confiscation of livestock and the dest...

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The science academy of the UK and Commonwealth has welcomed parliamentarians' support for human-animal hybrids. The Royal Society was responding to Wednesday's report by the peers' and MPs' committee considering the government's draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill. Sir Richard Gardner, chairman of t...

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News, The science academy of the UK and Commonwealth has welcomed parliamentarians' support for human-animal hybrids. The Royal Society was responding to Wednesday's report by the peers' and MPs' committee considering the government's draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill. Sir Richard Gardner, chair...

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