News, It is claimed that IVF embryos who are allowed to develop for longer than usual before implantation have a higher chance of survival. New techniques allow embryos to develop to blastocyst stage in the laboratory. The reportedly higher success-rate could mean that single embryos would be impl...

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News, The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has called for electors to be allowed to vote for candidates rather than parties in the European parliament elections in June. John Smeaton, SPUC's national director, said: "Candidates from the same party can differ in their views on c...

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News, The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has called for electors to be allowed to vote for candidates rather than parties in the European parliament elections in June. John Smeaton, SPUC's national director, said: "Candidates from the same party can differ in their views ...

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SPUC calls for change to voting system for European elections Westminster, --The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has called for voters to be allowed to vote for candidates rather than parties in European parliament elections. John Smeaton, SPUC's national director, said: "The pr...

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Pro-life governments and groups make progress at UN human rights meeting Geneva, --Pro-life governments and lobbyists have been successful to date at the current 60th session of the United Nations' commission on human rights in Geneva, Switzerland. Australia, Canada and the European Union wanted to ...

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News, A doctor has told a Nebraska court how 20-week-old foetuses feel "severe and excruciating" pain when aborted. Dr Kanwaljeet Anand of Arkansas university was appearing yesterday as a government witness in a test of the federal ban on partial-birth abortion. He said that foetuses of that a...

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News, A doctor has told a Nebraska court how 20-week-old foetuses feel "severe and excruciating" pain when aborted. Dr Kanwaljeet Anand of Arkansas university was appearing yesterday as a government witness in a test of the federal ban on partial-birth abortion. He said that foetuses of that age w...

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News, A mother has decided against getting her 18-year-old daughter to carry her unborn child, reportedly because she believes the girl is too young. Mrs Celena Anderson, 37, of Edinburgh, Scotland, was considering having an embryo created with sperm from her second husband. Her daughter, Miss Nic...

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News, A mother has decided against getting her 18-year-old daughter to carry her unborn child, reportedly because she believes the girl is too young. Mrs Celena Anderson, 37, of Edinburgh, Scotland, was considering having an embryo created with sperm from her second husband. Her daughter, Miss...

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News, British government attempts to reduce teenage pregnancy seem to be failing and appear also to have contributed to an increase in sexually-transmitted disease. In research to be presented to the Royal Economics Society, Dr David Paton, professor of industrial economics at Nottingham Unive...

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News, British government attempts to reduce teenage pregnancy seem to be failing and appear also to have contributed to an increase in sexually-transmitted disease. In research to be presented to the Royal Economics Society, Dr David Paton, professor of industrial economics at Nottingham Universit...

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News, Lesley Martin, the New Zealand euthanasia campaigner and intensive care nurse who wrote a book about her attempts to murder her terminally ill mother, has been found guilty of attempted murder. Ms Martin will be sentenced on 30 April and could face up to 10 years in jail. She called the verd...

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News, Lesley Martin, the New Zealand euthanasia campaigner and intensive care nurse who wrote a book about her attempts to murder her terminally ill mother, has been found guilty of attempted murder. Ms Martin will be sentenced on 30 April and could face up to 10 years in jail. She called the ...

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MPs praise SPUC’s campaign against morning after pills MPs praise SPUC’s campaign against morning-after pills Westminster, --The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) yesterday (31 March) presented a 96,500-signature petition against morning-after pills in schools to parliament. M...

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News, More than one in five pregnancies end in registered abortions in the UK, according to new figures, whilst the number of childless women over 40 has increased dramatically. 23% of pregnancies ended in abortion in 2000, with 36% of pregnancies in women under 20 ending in abortion. The figu...

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News, More than one in five pregnancies end in registered abortions in the UK, according to new figures, whilst the number of childless women over 40 has increased dramatically. 23% of pregnancies ended in abortion in 2000, with 36% of pregnancies in women under 20 ending in abortion. The figure h...

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News, The first of three lawsuits filed against the partial-birth abortion ban began on Monday in New York. The National Abortion Federation is arguing that the ban is unconstitutional and compromises a woman's right to abortion. A spokeswoman for the US Justice Department said: "This violent prac...

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News, The first of three lawsuits filed against the partial-birth abortion ban began on Monday in New York. The National Abortion Federation is arguing that the ban is unconstitutional and compromises a woman's right to abortion. A spokeswoman for the US Justice Department said: "This violent ...

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News, SPUC has held its first European Conference, bringing together delegates from 22 countries for presentations and workshops on key issues regarding the European parliament and draft constitution. Speakers included Lord Brennan, a Labour member of the House of Lords, Dr Lucio Romano of Ita...

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News, SPUC has held its first European Conference, bringing together delegates from 22 countries for presentations and workshops on key issues regarding the European parliament and draft constitution. Speakers included Lord Brennan, a Labour member of the House of Lords, Dr Lucio Romano of Italy's...

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