News, The US Supreme Court has heard arguments about whether to uphold the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, passed in congress and signed by President Bush in 2003. Those seeking to strike down the law dispute almost every aspect of the case, including the name of the procedure. With the appointmen...

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The pro-life cause has suffered a political setback in the United States following the results of the mid-term elections for Congress. The Democrats have won control of the Senate and of the House of Representatives from the Republicans. Anthony Ozimic, SPUC political secretary, commented: "Now that...

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weekly update, 8 to 14 November weekly update, 8 to 14 November The pro-life cause has suffered a political setback in the United States following the results of the mid-term elections for Congress. The Democrats have won control of the Senate and of the House of Representatives from the Republi...

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weekly update, 3 to 7 November weekly update, 3 to 7 November The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has raised the possibility of infanticide for disabled babies. The college's submission to a bioethical enquiry is quoted as saying: "A very disabled child can mean a disabled fami...

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Two groups of UK scientists have applied for permission to create embryos by inserting human DNA into the ova (egg cells) of farm animals. Dr Stephen Minger of King's College London leads one team, while the other is led by Dr Lyle Armstrong in Newcastle upon Tyne. Dr Minger claim that this approach...

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News, Two groups of UK scientists have applied for permission to create embryos by inserting human DNA into the ova (egg cells) of farm animals. Dr Stephen Minger of King's College London leads one team, the other is led by Dr Lyle Armstrong in Newcastle upon Tyne. Dr Minger claim that this approa...

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News, The UK's Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has raised the possibility of infanticide for disabled babies. The college's submission to a bioethical enquiry is quoted as saying: "A very disabled child can mean a disabled family ... If life-shortening and deliberate intervention...

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The UK's Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has raised the possibility of infanticide for disabled babies. The college's submission to a bioethical enquiry is quoted as saying: "A very disabled child can mean a disabled family ... If life-shortening and deliberate interventions to kil...

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Disabled "appalled and afraid" by infant euthanasia call Westminster, 5th November 2006 - A disability rights group has expressed distress at the call by the Royal College of Obstetricians&Gynaecologists (RCOG) for the euthanasia of disabled infants to be considered. Alison Davis of No Less Human (N...

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A Chinese court has overturned the guilty verdict against Chen Guangcheng, an activist against illegal practices in China's one child policy who was found guilty of public order offences in August and sentenced to more than 4 years in jail. The Linyi City Intermediate Court quashed Mr Chen's convict...

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News, A Chinese court has overturned the guilty verdict against Chen Guangcheng, an activist against illegal practices in China's one child policy who was found guilty of public order offences in August and sentenced to more than 4 years in jail. The Linyi City Intermediate Court quashed Mr Chen's...

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News, During Tuesday's House of Commons debate on a bill to lower the time limit for social abortions to 21 weeks, the bill was vehemently opposed by Ms Christine McCafferty, Labour MP for Calder Valley who branded the proposals as "cynical, cruel, ill-informed and most of all, inhumane". As we re...

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During Tuesday's House of Commons debate on a bill to lower the time limit for social abortions to 21 weeks, the bill was vehemently opposed by Ms Christine McCafferty, Labour MP for Calder Valley who branded the proposals as "cynical, cruel, ill-informed and most of all, inhumane". As we reported o...

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weekly update, 25 October to 2 November weekly update, 25 October to 2 November Britain legalised abortion just over 39 years ago. A group of physicians have drawn attention to research suggesting that abortion can increase the risk of mental problems in women. In a letter to the Times newspaper...

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The remains of aborted babies are being disposed of in a hospital incinerator because of an increase in crematorium fees. A number of people have expressed shock at this practice, but a spokesman for Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge, England, said that the babies' remains were burned separately f...

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News, Family doctors in Britain will be expected to question children as young as 13 about their sex lives, and to offer advice about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases, even when they attend for totally unrelated ailments. The proposed guidelines from the government body, the Nationa...

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News, Nadine Dorries, a Conservative MP, presented a 10-minute rule bill today in the House of Commons to amend the law on abortion. The bill, which under Commons procedure stood no chance of becoming law, was defeated by 187 votes to 108. Mrs Dorries said her bill aimed to lower the time limit fo...

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Nadine Dorries, a Conservative MP, presented a 10-minute rule bill today in the House of Commons to amend the law on abortion. The bill, which under Commons procedure stood no chance of becoming law, was defeated by 187 votes to 108. Mrs Dorries said her bill aimed to lower the time limit for aborti...

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Failure of Dorries bill points the way forward say pro-life lobbyists Westminster, Tuesday 31st October 2006 - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), the world's first pro-life lobbying and educational organisation (founded 1967), has expressed relief at this afternoon's defeat of...

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Britain legalised abortion 39 years ago today. A group of physicians in the UK have drawn attention to research suggesting that abortion can increase the risk of mental problems in women. In a letter to today's Times newspaper, the 15 doctors write that women should be warned about the psychological...

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