• Abortion Act at 59: over 11 million lives lost

    More than 11 million unborn children are estimated to have lost their lives to abortion across the UK as campaigners marked the Abortion Act’s 59th anniversary. The Act received Royal Assent on 27 October 1967 and came into force six months later, on 27 April 1968. SPUC puts the cumulative…

  • Belgian groups press for abortion limit to rise to 18 weeks

    Campaigners in Belgium are pressing the government to extend the country’s abortion limit from 12 weeks after conception to 18, backed by a poll commissioned by an abortion provider. Sixteen organisations set out the demand in an open letter on Tuesday, arguing that the limit should rest on scientific advice…