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Ice cream giant Ben & Jerry’s celebrates National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day in “disgusting” online campaign
Ben & Jerry’s celebrated National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day on 10 March with a post on X that subsequently went viral, stating that the ice cream company “stand[s] with abortion providers today and every day”. “Abortion care providers are being threatened across the country”, the post continued. It linked to a page on Ben &…
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Police Scotland drops 12,000 investigations to ease workload despite arresting grandmother for allegedly breaching buffer zone
Police Scotland has scrubbed over 12,000 criminal investigations because they required excessive manpower, a report has revealed, despite several police officers arresting an elderly grandmother who allegedly breached a buffer zone in Glasgow in February.
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House of Commons approves buffer zones in
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has reacted with disappointment after MPs voted to ban even silent prayer around abortion clinics. MPs were voting on an amendment to a clause introducing buffer zones around abortion clinics, which…
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Snap General Election called for 4th July
We just wanted to send you a quick message responding to the breaking news that the Prime Minister has just called a snap General Election for 4 July. Parliament will be prorogued on Friday this week, meaning dozens of Bills will proceed no further. Dissolution will take place on Thursday…
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Parental opt-out consultation a “slap in the face” to parents in Northern Ireland
BELFAST, 4 September 2023: The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), the UK’s oldest grassroots pro-life organisation is calling on concerned parents, teachers and school governors across Northern Ireland to use the public consultation on relationships and sex-education (RSE) l
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Abortion buffer zones an “outrageous assault on civil liberties” says SPUC as controversial amendment clears the Lords
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children has slammed a vote to impose buffer zones around abortion clinics, calling it an “outrageous assault on civil liberties”.
Abortion
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Abortion surges by 29 per cent in Northern Ireland in twelve months
Official statistics for 2023/24 show the biggest percentage rise in abortion ever seen in the UK.
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Abortionist claiming to prioritise women’s safety left aborted baby remains in mother, lawsuit alleges
An abortionist in the United States has been accused of medical negligence after he allegedly left half of an aborted baby’s body parts inside the mother whose uterus was later found to be perforated. The lawsuit alleges that Dr Keith…
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Canadian man found guilty of murdering girlfriend who refused abortion
A man from Ontario, Canada has been found guilty of murdering his pregnant girlfriend who refused to abort their unborn child. Wazhir Gafoor was found guilty of first-degree murder this month in a case of abortion coercion. The body of his girlfriend, Christina Yadram, was found in woodland in 2021,…
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Abortion decriminalisation will enable abusive men to kill more unborn babies
Last week, Labour MPs threatened to use the Government’s Crime and Policing Bill to achieve the cherished goal of the pro-abortion lobby – full decriminalisation of abortion. If we weren’t so used to this almost monomaniacal desire to push “abortion rights” as far as they can go, we might find…
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Pro-life academics challenge retraction of studies exposing risks of abortion
Ten academics are challenging a journal’s decision to retract their papers that studied the risks of abortion. It was announced this week that researchers had filed an arbitration demand against Sage Publications after it retracted three of their papers. The research, published in the Sage journal Health Services Research and…
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Baptist pastor charged with delivering sermon inside buffer zone in Northern Ireland
A Baptist pastor is due to appear in court this week after he delivered a sermon on God’s love inside a buffer zone in Northern Ireland.
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Spanish Government considers making abortion a constitutional right
Left image – Wikimedia Commons: Ana Redondo 2023 (cropped) Spanish Minister of Equality Ana Redondo said she supports making abortion a right in the Spanish Constitution when “the appropriate and necessary conditions are met to be able to do so”, following the example of France. Last year, on 4 March, France’s National Assembly voted 780-72…
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Infant consciousness starts in the womb and possibly before 24 weeks, researcher poll finds
Researchers attending the Infant Consciousness Conference, 28 February to 1 March, in New York have concluded that recent evidence indicates that fetal consciousness might begin before 24 weeks gestation. The event was sponsored by New York University. A survey of conference delegates assessing evidence of fetal consciousness found that forty-seven per cent believed it first…
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Trump nominee pledges to stop aborted baby remains being used in medical research
President Donald Trump’s nominee for Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has pledged to ban the use of aborted baby remains being used by research funds. Nominee Jay Bhattacharya was speaking at a Senate committee hearing into his nomination when he said he’d reinstate the prohibition that had also been in place during…
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Kim Leadbeater accused of “misleading” MPs about public support for her assisted suicide bill
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has been accused of sending a “highly misleading email to MPs” about the depth of public support for assisted suicide in relation to her proposed Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
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Labour MPs slam Kim Leadbeater’s “flawed and dangerous” assisted suicide bill
In a letter to fellow Labour parliamentarians, a group of Labour MPs have called out the Leadbeater Bill as “irredeemably flawed and not fit to become law”.
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Assisted suicide bill roll-out delayed after minister revolt against “unworkable” bill
The roll-out of MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill, if legalised, has been delayed until 2029, casting doubt about whether the draft law will ever be implemented, though there are concerns that the delay will be spun by Ms Leadbeater to win over MPs troubled by the Bill.
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“Enormous” rise in euthanasia among mentally ill young people causes concern in the Netherlands
There has been an “enormous” rise in young people being euthanised in the Netherlands for the reason of mental health, including an autistic boy aged 16 to 18 suffering from depression, leading to doubts about the deadly practice. Nearly 10,000 people were killed by euthanasia in the Netherlands in 2024,…
OPINION
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Assisted suicide: a conveyor belt for the vulnerable
Kim Leadbeater MP has proclaimed that her assisted dying bill will have “the world’s strongest safeguards”. Yet as the weeks go by, the news coming out of the Committee scrutinising this bill doesn’t match Ms Leadbeater’s claim. Those of us who are worried that legalising assisted suicide will send us…
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Abortion decriminalisation will enable abusive men to kill more unborn babies
Last week, Labour MPs threatened to use the Government’s Crime and Policing Bill to achieve the cherished goal of the pro-abortion lobby – full decriminalisation of abortion. If we weren’t so used to this almost monomaniacal desire to push “abortion rights” as far as they can go, we might find…
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Strangers on a bridge: How assisted suicide risks making suicide acceptable
Hardly a week goes by without another expert identifying a serious concern about MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill.
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JD Vance is right: Silent prayer can get you arrested in the UK
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on 14 February, US Vice-President JD Vance censured Western governments’ curtailing of free speech.
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SPUC’s 2025 Youth Conference sees record number of young pro-lifers unite for life
SPUC has lauded its largest-ever Youth Conference that saw over 200 young people come together from across the UK in defence of life.
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Pro-life “baby box” for abandoned babies outrages pro-abortion groups in Croatia
A “baby box” for abandoned babies in Croatia has been called a “Trojan horse” by pro-abortion groups outraged by the initiative of a pro-life group and Catholic nuns. “We are continuing an ancient Croatian tradition of preserving the value of human life”, said the Bethlehem-Zagreb Association responsible for the box.…
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Parents choose life for unborn baby after being urged by doctors to abort twin
Two parents have chosen life after being encouraged to abort one of two twins due to pregnancy complications. Both children were born and are doing well. Abigail Whitlock was five months pregnant with twin boys when they were diagnosed with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), meaning that the placenta was not…
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“This is our moment”, SPUC delegates hear at empowering London conference
SPUC’s one-day conference in London on Saturday was a resounding success after delegates heard moving testimonies from guest speakers and SPUC staff about abortion’s life-denying ethic. “This is the moral issue of our age”, said SPUC CEO John Deighan.
EDUCATION
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Labour set to axe free speech bill that would protect pro-life students on UK campuses
The Labour Government has said it will “stop further commencement” of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023, legislation that protects the right to expression of pro-life students and others on UK campuses.
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“Withdraw the Law” event in Belfast hosted by SPUC opposes RSE regulations imposed by Westminster
On 12 September, SPUC hosted its “Withdraw the Law” meeting, pushing back against Westminster’s “unacceptable” Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) diktat that includes teaching abortion access to schoolgirls aged between 12 and 16.
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NI parents concerned about lessons imposing abortion ideology on children, poll finds in wake of Westminster diktat
A poll commissioned by SPUC has shown that parents in Northern Ireland have deep concerns about RSE lessons imposing pro-abortion ideology on children. “Westminster must listen to parents”, SPUC said in a statement. “In light of this poll, the current RSE proposals for Northern Ireland are unsustainable and undemocratic.”
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MP quits Government role over regulations forcing NI schools to teach abortion
Robin Millar, Conservative MP for Aberconwy, has quit his role as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Welsh Secretary, David T. C. Davies, in order to vote against controversial sex education regulations in Northern Ireland.
International
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Pro-life “baby box” for abandoned babies outrages pro-abortion groups in Croatia
A “baby box” for abandoned babies in Croatia has been called a “Trojan horse” by pro-abortion groups outraged by the initiative of a pro-life group and Catholic nuns. “We are continuing an ancient Croatian tradition of preserving the value of human life”, said the Bethlehem-Zagreb Association responsible for the box.…
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Euthanasia surged by 17% in Belgium in 2024 and killed one child
Almost 4,000 people were killed by euthanasia in Belgium in 2024, a rise of nearly 17% in twelve months, according to official statistics showing that a minor (aged under 18) was also killed, bringing the total of euthanised children since 2014 to six. There were 3,991 euthanasia cases in Belgium…
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Pro-life academics challenge retraction of studies exposing risks of abortion
Ten academics are challenging a journal’s decision to retract their papers that studied the risks of abortion. It was announced this week that researchers had filed an arbitration demand against Sage Publications after it retracted three of their papers. The research, published in the Sage journal Health Services Research and…
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JD Vance is right: Silent prayer can get you arrested in the UK
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on 14 February, US Vice-President JD Vance censured Western governments’ curtailing of free speech.
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