SPUC has released a video tribute to all those who took part in the SPUC Pro-Life Prayer Chain on Monday 27 April 2020. As people were unable to take part in the annual roadside witness, over 1,000 people took part in a prayer chain from their own homes.

“The response to the SPUC Pro-Life Prayer Chain was tremendous”, said Antonia Tully, Director of Campaigns for SPUC. “Prayer united SPUC on 27 April 2020, the anniversary of the implementation of the 1967 Abortion Act. Prayer continues to unite SPUC supporters up and down the country during the lockdown. Thank you so much to everyone who took part.”

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SPUC is calling on Prime Minister, Boris Johnson to withdraw legislation which imposes abortion on demand on Northern Ireland ahead of the House of Commons debate next Tuesday, 12 May. The Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 were introduced in March. However, the regulations must be app...

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A Scottish pro-life university society which received complaints for “breaching a safe space” has been cleared of any wrongdoing, following an investigation from the Students Association. Aberdeen Life Ethics Society, a pro-life university society in Scotland, came under scrutiny after showing accurate abortion images at their event.

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In my last post I quoted in full the 1996 correspondence between Bishop Vincent Nichols – auxiliary bishop of Westminster for north London, now Cardinal Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster – and Phyllis Bowman, my predecessor as CEO of SPUC. The subject of the correspondence was the Catho...

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A mother, who refused to abort her unborn child, despite advice from doctors, has hailed her baby son a “miracle”, after he defied the odds and survived.

Mother, Sami Jo Quinn, from North Wales, was told by doctors to abort her unborn baby, after a 14 week scan revealed her child was suffering from a rare condition, causing the intestines to develop outside the body. The condition also posed the possibility of heart defects developing.

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A woman who underwent a late term abortion has launched a legal complaint, urging clinics to tell women the truth about abortion. Ana-Maria Tudor claims that the abortion provider did not inform her that her baby could suffer during the abortion. Ms Tudor from Newcastle underwent an abortion at ...

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A woman, who changed her mind after taking the first abortion drug and underwent abortion pill reversal is now a pro-life advocate and has spoken out against abortion. She said: “I should never have been able to take my son’s life.”

Rita was eight weeks pregnant when she began a chemical abortion to terminate her child’s life. She had taken the first abortion drug, mifepristone, and began hemorrhaging heavily during her journey home from the abortion clinic.

Due to the harm caused by the chemical abortion drug, Rita was hospitalized and required blood transfusions. It was then discovered that the first abortion drug intended to kill her child had not been ‘effective’ and her baby still had a heartbeat.

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A new app has been designed which is making it easier than ever for Catholics to receive pro-life news updates. Michael Robinson, SPUC Director of Communications said: “This app is a fantastic resource for any Catholic SPUC supporter wanting to receive informative pro-life news updates from SPUC and other outlets.”

The Catholic App, is the first app service for Catholic churches around the world. It works with Diocesan news channels and other media platforms to distribute relevant news and current affairs.

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SPUC has requested that the Government make available vaccines which are not made using cell lines originally derived from the tissue of aborted unborn children. In a letter to Jo Churchill the Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care), SPUC urges her to make sur...

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In a letter from the International Right to Life Federation, international pro-life leaders have commended President Trump for his withdrawal of funding from the pro-abortion, World Health Organization (WHO). President Trump ordered his administration to halt state funding to the WHO earlier thi...

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A US-based medical network which specialises in assisting women reverse the effects of the first abortion drug and save their unborn child has seen a surge of emergency calls during the Coronavirus lockdown. The Abortion Pill Rescue Network, consists of over 900 medical professionals and the hel...

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Yesterday, on Monday 27 April, over one thousand pro-lifers around the UK came together in a national act of private witness as they took part in SPUC’s Pro-Life Prayer Chain to remember the 9 million lives lost to abortion in Britain, and pray for an end to abortion.

“A big thank you to everyone who took part in SPUC’s Prayer Chain”, said Antonia Tully, SPUC Director of Campaigns. “We couldn’t get out onto the street to be a witness to the nine million babies killed in the last 52 years. But we didn’t forget these babies.

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The CEOs of SPUC and SPUC Scotland have demanded answers from the Secretary of State for Health and Social care, as a major public health campaign, calling for the immediate reversal of the dangerous home abortion regime, is launched. In a letter, John Smeaton, SPUC Chief Executive contacted the ...

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One of the most horrifying (if predictable) consequences of the coronavirus lockdown is the upsurge in domestic violence. Recent reports show that suspected domestic abuse killings have more than doubled during the lockdown. Support charity Refuge said there had been a 25% rise in phone calls&n...

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Bishops in Scotland have condemned the Scottish government’s decision to allow chemical abortions to be carried out at home amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. In a strongly worded letter, Bishop Hugh Gilbert, President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, slammed the abortion regulations a...

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A premature baby girl from Scotland has recovered after contracting COVID-19, making her the country’s youngest COVID-19 patient. Her mum has described her as “the most precious person in the world.”

Baby Peyton Maguire was born prematurely on March 26th in Lanarkshire, weighing just over 3lb.

Peyton was delivered prematurely by cesarean section after her mum, Tracey, was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia. Peyton was cared for in University Hospital Wishaw, where she spent the first weeks of her life on an incubator.

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Pro-life leaders are preparing to step up their campaign for an abortion ban in Northern Ireland after advertising watchdogs cleared a controversial billboard campaign following complaints.

The billboards with the slogan “ABORTION KILLS BABIES: Repeal Section 9, have been displayed  across the region of Northern Ireland since March. The new abortion regulations under Section 9 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act came into effect on March 31.

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Charity Dementia UK did not provide comment on the new laws when requested. Doctors in the Netherlands will now be permitted to euthanise vulnerable dementia patients, even if the patient explicitly expresses a wish not to die, a Dutch Supreme Court has ruled. Michael Robinson, SPUC Director of C...

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