News, SPUC has condemned a Government attempt to whitewash the Mental Capacity Bill by tabling amendments it falsely claims will prevent the Bill being used to kill patients through neglect. Anthony Ozimic, SPUC's political secretary said: "The Government's new proposed amendments do not prevent t...

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SPUC has condemned a Government attempt to whitewash the Mental Capacity Bill by tabling amendments it falsely claims will prevent the Bill being used to kill patients through neglect. Anthony Ozimic, SPUC's political secretary said: "The Government's new proposed amendments do not prevent the Bill'...

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Government continues to promote intentional killing Government whitewashes euthanasia Bill with empty 'motive' amendment WESTMINSTER, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has condemned a Government attempt to whitewash the Mental Capacity Bill by tabling amendments which it fa...

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A woman who became Britain's oldest mother in 1995 has expressed her support for the Romanian woman, Adriana Iliescu, who has given birth at the age of 66. Mrs. Lyon, of Cambridgeshire, lied about her age in order to obtain treatment at an IVF clinic when she was 51. She said: "I don't think it is w...

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News, A woman who became Britain's oldest mother in 1995 has expressed her support for the Romanian woman, Adriana Iliescu, who has given birth at the age of 66. Mrs. Lyon, of Cambridgeshire, lied about her age in order to obtain treatment at an IVF clinic when she was 51. She said: "I don't think...

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News, A 66-year-old Romanian woman has become the oldest woman in the world to give birth after she underwent nine years of hormone treatment. Eliza Maria was born weighing 1.4kg after her twin was discovered to have died in the womb. Professor Adriana Iliescu said that her career had prevented he...

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A 66-year-old Romanian woman has become the oldest woman in the world to give birth after she underwent nine years of hormone treatment. Eliza Maria was born weighing 1.4kg after her twin was discovered to have died in the womb. Professor Adriana Iliescu said that her career had prevented her from h...

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A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter after he cut his terminally ill wife's wrists has been given a nine-month suspended sentence. Margaret Blackburn had stomach cancer but refused medical treatment because she feared surgery and allegedly asked her husband, Brian, to kill her as part of a suici...

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News, A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter after he cut his terminally ill wife's wrists has been given a nine-month suspended sentence. Margaret Blackburn had stomach cancer but refused medical treatment because she feared surgery and allegedly asked her husband, Brian, to kill her as part of...

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News, SPUC campaigners in Sunderland will be holding a meeting for parents later this month to raise awareness about the provision of abortion to underage girls, Sunderland Today reports. Government guidelines emphasise that under-16s can undergo abortions without parental knowledge or consent. Ma...

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SPUC campaigners in Sunderland will be holding a meeting for parents later this month to raise awareness about the provision of abortion to underage girls, Sunderland Today reports. Government guidelines emphasise that under-16s can undergo abortions without parental knowledge or consent. Margaret M...

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Seven years after his death and in the wake of a film about his story, a friend has admitted that she assisted the suicide of Spanish euthanasia campaigner and writer Ramon Sampedro. Mr Sampedro campaigned in favour of assisted suicide for thirty years after a diving accident left him paralysed from...

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News, Seven years after his death and in the wake of a film about his story, a friend has admitted that she assisted the suicide of Spanish euthanasia campaigner and writer Ramon Sampedro. Mr Sampedro campaigned in favour of assisted suicide for thirty years after a diving accident left him paraly...

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News, The House of Lords has allowed the UK government's Mental Capacity Bill to proceed to its next stage. Peers took part in the second reading debate yesterday. In her first-ever speech to the house, Baroness Chapman of Leeds said: "If the Bill had been passed 43 years ago, I would not be here....

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The House of Lords has allowed the UK government's Mental Capacity Bill to proceed to its next stage. Peers took part in the second reading debate yesterday. In her first-ever speech to the house, Baroness Chapman of Leeds said: "If the Bill had been passed 43 years ago, I would not be here. My pare...

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The UK's upper house of parliament is today considering a government bill which would sanction euthanasia by neglect. The House of Lords is holding its second reading debate on the Mental Capacity Bill. [Times, 10 January ] This stage involves discussion of the bill's principles. Amendments are not ...

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News, The UK's upper house of parliament is today considering a government bill which would sanction euthanasia by neglect. The House of Lords is holding its second reading debate on the Mental Capacity Bill. [Times, 10 January] This stage involves discussion of the bill's principles. Amendments a...

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Disabled peers claim Mental Capacity Bill threatens the vulnerable Westminster, - Baroness Chapman, a disabled peer, has said that the government's Mental Capacity Bill failed to make patients safe and left them open to abuse. She was speaking during the House of Lords second reading debate on the ...

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News, A brain-disabled woman in Florida, about whom there is a legal dispute over her continued feeding, is not comatose but is aware and responsive. Mrs Terri Schiavo was visited by her family and their lawyers on the 24th of last month. Mrs Barbara Weller of the Gibbs Law Firm said that Mrs Schi...

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A brain-disabled woman in Florida, about whom there is a legal dispute over her continued feeding, is not comatose but is aware and responsive. Mrs Terri Schiavo was visited by her family and their lawyers on the 24th of last month. Mrs Barbara Weller of the Gibbs Law Firm said that Mrs Schiavo reco...

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