BPAS has hailed the deaths of 23,000 unborn babies killed at home a “silver lining” of the pandemic.

Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Archbishop of Valencia, has decried Spain’s move to legalise euthanasia as “the defeat of the whole of Spain, of Spanish society, of the people who live here, a defeat also of humanity, of man himself”.

In the latest push to make home abortions permanent, the British Medical Association (BMA) has voted through a motion in support of continuing remote prescription of early abortion pills after the pandemic.

A tiny baby, smaller than her father’s hand when she was born, given only a 10% chance of survival by doctors, is doing well and has left hospital with her parents, Kevin and Katie Cook, after a 16-week struggle. The premature baby girl, named Mirren, was born at 25 weeks, and weighed just 467 grams at birth in a hospital in Scotland.

A representative of the Catholic Church in Scotland has called out the Scottish National Party’s (SNP) “open and vicious hostility” towards pro-life Christians. Anthony Horan, director of the Catholic Parliamentary Office in Scotland, has slammed the SNP for its treatment of pro-life MPs within the party, such as Dr Lisa Cameron. Michael Robinson, SPUC Director of Communications, said: “The realisation that the SNP is by now an anti-life party, which actively seeks to discriminate against Christians and especially Catholics, even within its own party, is becoming clear as it sets itself against unborn children.”

The parents of a baby who was nearly killed by chemical abortion drugs have expressed their joy after their son was saved by the abortion pill reversal procedure. The parents, who felt pushed to abortion out of fear, changed their minds and said: “our biggest fears turn out to be our biggest blessings.”

One of the lesser known functions carried out by parliamentarians is sitting on committees. Select Committees, comprise of a group of MPs and/or Peers who scrutinise a particular Government department – so the Health Select Committee looks at the work of the Health Department, for example. There are also committees that work on bills passing through Parliament – such as the recent Domestic Abuse Bill.

Antonia Tully, blogpost. Almost four in ten people agree that it is inappropriate for schools to teach a six year old boy that “being gay is acceptable”, a new survey has shown. “Far from showing negative attitudes towards homosexuals, this reveals the level of public concern for the wellbeing of children,” said Antonia Tully, of the SPUC Safe at School campaign.

Philip Lynn, blogpost. The Northern Ireland (NI) Commissioner for Children and Young People, Koulla Yiasouma, has used her platform to support the inclusion of abortion in the mandatory school curriculum. This is the moment for Education Minister Peter Weir to step up to the plate a reject this proposal.