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A man has been found guilty of acquiring and administering abortion pills, causing the death of a 15-week-old unborn baby.
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Adam-Smith Connor has confirmed that he will appeal against his conviction finding him guilty of silent prayer outside an abortion facility in Bournemouth.
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A peaceful demonstration organised by SPUC took place today outside the Houses of Parliament against “Orwellian” buffer zones, which came into force in England and Wales today.
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BBC Factual has commissioned a documentary that offers a “rare and fascinating insight” into young pro-life adults who are “growing in confidence, profile and money” in the UK.
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A healthcare expert has warned that vulnerable people could be coerced into assisted suicide by families seeking quick insurance payouts.
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On 24 October, SPUC held its annual Candlelight Procession through the streets of Glasgow, Scotland.
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Senedd members have rejected a non-binding motion supporting an assisted suicide law. SPUC has called the result a “significant” victory for vulnerable people who would be targeted by such a law.
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Health Secretary Wes Streeting says he will vote against fellow Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill because he is concerned about the state of palliative care in the UK.
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Why do people support a change in the law on assisted suicide? According to Professor David Albert Jones, director of the Anscombe Centre for Bioethics in Oxford, the most common reasons are; avoiding a bad death involving pain, allowing choice, and to provide safeguards for something which is already happening.
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Scottish First Minister John Swinney says he is worried that a proposed assisted suicide bill would apply to 16-year-olds.
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer “spared” a doctor who was arrested for assisting in the death of a man in 2009.
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Adam Smith-Connor, an army veteran and bereaved father, has been found guilty of praying for his dead son outside an abortion facility and breaching buffer zones. “All I did was pray to God”, he said after the ruling.
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Palliative care doctors on the frontline of end-of-life medicine in the UK are overwhelmingly against Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill that will be voted on at the end of November, despite safety and ethical concerns.
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Do not give doctors the right “to kill you”, Alex Schadenberg warned delegates at SPUC’s one-day conference in London, where he shared numerous horror stories about assisted suicide in Canada.
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The first vote on MP Kim Leadbeater’s proposed assisted suicide bill will take place on 29 November.
