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Adam Smith-Connor, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, is on trial at Poole magistrates’ court for the alleged “crime” of silently praying for his dead son outside an abortion facility in Bournemouth, England.
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The Government has announced when buffer zones will be enforced around abortion clinics in England and Wales. Section 9 of the Public Order Act will be in force from the 31 October 2024.
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Assisted suicide will save the Canadian health care system up to $136.8 million a year, claims a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. SPUC has slammed the suggestion as “heartless utilitarianism” that must be rejected.
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A so-called “citizens’ jury” that ruled in favour of an assisted suicide and euthanasia law for the UK “fails the impartiality test”, the campaign group Care Not Killing has warned.
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The abortion rate in Florida has fallen by over 30% since the state’s six-week ban came into effect in May, reports the Guttmacher Institute.
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An elderly British couple has signed up for Dr Death’s suicide pod in Switzerland because they no longer trust the NHS to take care of them in their infirmity.
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A new poll in the United States suggests a lack of public knowledge about the process of IVF that destroys thousands of embryos every year.
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Former President Alberto Fernández has been accused of coercing his partner into an abortion she didn’t want.
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Wes Streeting, the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care, worries that legalising assisted suicide in the UK will cause patients to “take their own life thinking they were a burden on others”.
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Up to ten thousand pro-life men and women gathered peacefully in London on Saturday at the annual March for Life, also attended by many SPUC supporters from around the UK.
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The Complications from Abortions (Annual Report) Bill, introduced by Lord Moylan, had its First Reading in the House of Lords on 3 September 2024.
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Buffer zones around abortion facilities in Scotland will come into effect on 24 September, in just under three weeks, it has been announced. The public will face fines of £10,000 or more if they violate the new law.
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Sylvester Stallone has revealed that his mother Jackie tried to abort him. “The hanger didn’t work”, she told him. The Rocky star revealed her confession while speaking on a podcast with his daughters.
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A palliative care expert has warned that assisted suicide laws are “not just fundamentally flawed – but downright dangerous”.
