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An anonymous petition has tried but so far failed to cancel the Manchester Pro-Life Society. SPUC, which has condemned the petition, continues to defend pro-life students’ legal right to free speech “currently under threat from intolerant students”.
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Dr Lord, medical director at MSI Reproductive Choices, told the BBC that he knows of up to 60 women facing criminal inquiries for suspected abortion crime in England and Wales since 2018, compared with almost zero before.
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Half of mothers who have abortions say that the cost of childcare is the main reason for aborting a child, a devastating survey has found, warning that “We’re running out of babies”.
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According to media portrayals, pro-life men and women who attend prayer vigils outside abortion facilities are religious lunatics, a quaint hangover from the Middle Ages when burnings at the stake were considered light entertainment – a twelfth-century Netflix minus the subscription fee.
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Happy New Year! 2024 has barely begun, but it’s already clear that this is going to be a busy year for the pro-life movement. Here’s a rundown of what to expect in 2024.
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Half of the neonatal cots in a North London hospital are empty as birth rates continue to plummet, says the NHS, as data released in Scotland reveals a 7.5% drop in births, while abortion reaches unprecedented levels around the UK.
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Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood abortion facility director, has explained that if people could see babies being “dismembered” in the womb, they’d oppose the “barbarity” of abortion.
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Roman Catholics in Scotland and the Republic of Ireland have voiced their strong opposition to the proposed imposition of buffer zones that would criminalise pro-life activity. “Religious freedom is under serious threat”, warned one Catholic group.
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On 18 October 22, MPs voted by 297 votes to 110 to add an amendment tabled by Stella Creasy MP introducing so-called buffer zones to the Public Order Bill. The Act was signed into law in May 2023, but Section 9, which concerns buffer zones, has not yet been put…
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On Tuesday 28 November 2023, Labour MPs Dame Diana Johnson and Stella Creasy tabled amendments New Clause 1 and New Clause 2 respectively to the Government’s Criminal Justice Bill.
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In its written submission to the Scottish consultation of buffer zones, SPUC slammed the proposed legislation as being “motivated by a desire to prohibit the public expression of opinions that supporters of the Bill find intolerable”.
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In a bid to defend the right to peaceful pro-life advocacy, SPUC is rallying pro-life advocates and urging them to participate in the ongoing Scottish Government Consultation on buffer zones.
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Former Take That singer recalls heartbreak of abortion that cost him his first chance at being a dad
A singer formerly of the band Take That has recounted the heartbreak of losing his first child to abortion when he was in a relationship with his former fiancé.
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Two-thirds of maternity units in England rated unsafe, echoing concerns about dangerous DIY abortion
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rates two-thirds of maternity units as unsafe, a BBC analysis has found. SPUC has said that “the shocking state of maternity care” is “part of a broader indifference towards the health of women and their babies”, including the promulgation of DIY abortion.
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In a parliamentary debate this week, Stella Creasy, Labour MP for Walthamstow, made a startling claim. She said that ” hundreds of women are now being prosecuted under outdated abortion legislation”. Here’s the quote in full:
