News, Leading figures in UK bioethics have added their voices to the growing protests against the Mental Capacity Bill. Dr Helen Watt of the Linacre Centre was joined by Dr Nigel Cameron of the Centre for Bioethics and Public Policy and Dr David Jones, senior lecturer in bioethics at St Mary's...

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News, A study by the Voluntary Euthanasia Society claims that half of those surveyed would consider travelling abroad for assisted suicide if they became terminally ill. The study was published as the VES handed over a petition containing 80,000 signatures to a House of Lords committee investi...

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10 years on, SPUC remembers Cairo 10 years on, SPUC remembers Cairo Westminster, -Whilst pro-abortion NGOs gather in London to discuss the 10th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo, the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children has issued a...

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News, Research published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse has found that women whose first pregnancy ended in abortion are much more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol. Many studies link abortion and substance abuse but this appears to be the first to compare women whose first ...

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News, The Inter Academy Panel, an umbrella organisation for national science academies, has asked members to back a UN ban on so-called reproductive cloning that would permit cloning for research purposes. Professor Richard Gardner, chair of the Royal Society, said: "For countries that have no...

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News, The Inter Academy Panel, an umbrella organisation for national science academies, has asked members to back a UN ban on so-called reproductive cloning that would permit cloning for research purposes. Professor Richard Gardner, chair of the Royal Society, said: "For countries that have not ye...

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News, 750 UK Catholic priests have signed a letter to The Times of London calling on MPs to vote against the Mental Capacity Bill at the second reading. The letter is headed by Father Timothy Finigan of the newly-formed Association of Priests' for the Gospel of Life and includes the signatures of ...

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News, 750 UK Catholic priests have signed a letter to The Times of London calling on MPs to vote against the Mental Capacity Bill at the second reading. The letter is headed by Father Timothy Finigan of the newly-formed Association of Priests' for the Gospel of Life and includes the signatures...

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SPUC welcomes clergy letter on Mental Capacity Bill Westminster, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has welcomed the publication in today's Times newspaper of a letter from more than 750 Roman Catholic clergy which expresses concern at the government's Mental Capacity Bill. ...

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New figures show government failing to cut teenage abortion Westminster, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has pointed out how new statistics show that the government is failing to cut abortion among teenage girls, despite its undertaking to do so. Paul Tully, SPUC's genera...

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News, The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has pointed out how new statistics show that the government is failing to cut abortion among teenage girls, despite its undertaking to do so. Paul Tully, SPUC's general secretary, said: "The government pledged to halve teenage abor...

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News, The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has pointed out how new statistics show that the government is failing to cut abortion among teenage girls, despite its undertaking to do so. Paul Tully, SPUC's general secretary, said: "The government pledged to halve teenage abortion...

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News, Legal action is being taken against the South African Health Minister after a nurse was allegedly barred from working in theatre because she refused to perform abortions. Doctors for Life International are demanding the immediate lifting of the bar and that Wilhelmien Charles be granted dama...

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News, Legal action is being taken against the South African Health Minister after a nurse was allegedly barred from working in theatre because she refused to perform abortions. Doctors for Life International are demanding the immediate lifting of the bar and that Wilhelmien Charles be granted ...

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News, The Dutch abortion ship run by Women on Waves has set sail for Portugal, in spite of being banned from carrying out abortions outside a 16-mile radius of Amsterdam. Trips to Ireland in 2001 and Poland in 2003 sparked angry protests from the local population. [CNN, 24 August ] US research...

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News, The Dutch abortion ship run by Women on Waves has set sail for Portugal, in spite of being banned from carrying out abortions outside a 16-mile radius of Amsterdam. Trips to Ireland in 2001 and Poland in 2003 sparked angry protests from the local population. [CNN, 24 August] US researchers h...

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SPUC condemns abortion review debate as "journalistic hype" Westminster, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), the world's first pro-life lobbying group and the largest pro-life group in Europe, has condemned the current debate on abortion law reform as "journalistic hype". An...

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News, London's Evening Standard newspaper is promoting a review of the UK's abortion law, following the publication of 4D images of unborn babies. The paper claims that a majority of MPs favour a review, and that many MPs have signed parliamentary motions supporting a review. [This is London, 23 A]...

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News, London's Evening Standard newspaper is promoting a review of the UK's abortion law, following the publication of 4D images of unborn babies. The paper claims that a majority of MPs favour a review, and that many MPs have signed parliamentary motions supporting a review. [This is London, ]...

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News, Mrs. Christianne Vienne, the Belgian Health minister, has made a statement that she would wish girls aged 14 or under who have found themselves pregnant to have an abortion in 100% of cases. This statement comes after national statistics reported a four percent rise in adolescent pregnan...

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