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Stella Creasy abortion decriminalisation amendment abandons women and babies to abusers and infanticide, SPUC warns
An amendment proposed by Labour MP Stella Creasy, if passed, will decriminalise abortion up to birth and abandon women and their unborn babies to coercion from abusive partners, the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has warned.
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Abortion decriminalisation amendment tabled in UK parliament
An amendment that would effectively decriminalise all abortion has been tabled in the UK parliament and is being supported by over 50 cross-party MPs.
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PRESS RELEASES
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SPUC CEO condemns “devastating” Scottish abortion statistics
Public Health Scotland has published the 2024 Abortion Statistics for Scotland.
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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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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 had been added into the Public Order Bill a
Abortion
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Crucial abortion decriminalisation amendments vote set for 17 and 18 June, SPUC urges supporters to lobby MPs immediately
SPUC is urging its supporters and all other concerned citizens not wanting to see abortion up to birth to lobby their MP.
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Catholic bishops “deeply alarmed” by abortion decriminalisation amendments that disregard humanity of unborn babies
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales says it is “deeply alarmed” by two amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill that would decriminalise abortion up to birth.
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Over three-quarters of Britons reject late-term abortion in online poll
An online Daily Express poll shows that over three-quarters of respondents do not want late-term abortion to be legalised in the UK. The survey comes ahead of two abortion decriminalisation amendments, to be voted on by MPs tomorrow.
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Majority of public believes in legal protections for unborn children, SPUC poll finds
A new poll commissioned by SPUC has found that most of the British public still believe in upholding legal protections for unborn children and their mothers. The finding comes ahead of votes on two amendments that would, if passed, decriminalise abortion up to birth.
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Nottingham University Hospitals investigated for alleged corporate manslaughter offences related to neonatal deaths
The investigation was opened by police after hundreds of baby deaths and injuries at two NUH maternity units.
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Pro-abortion man vandalises pro-life display at UCLA in another case of campus aggression and attempted censorship
Another incident of pro-abortion vandalism took place in the United States last month when a student spray painted over pro-life signs on a Californian campus.
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Sadiq Khan seeks “urgent review” of TfL block on pro-abortion decriminalisation advert it said brought police into “disrepute”
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is seeking to reverse a Transport for London (TfL) block on pro-abortion adverts advocating for abortion decriminalisation. TfL had previously said that it brought the police into “disrepute” for enforcing the law.
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TfL blocks pro-abortion decriminalisation advert blaming police for investigating alleged illegal abortions
Transport for London (TfL) has blocked pro-abortion adverts advocating for abortion decriminalisation and bringing the police into “disrepute” for enforcing the law.
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Nigel Farage says it’s “utterly ludicrous” to permit abortion up to 24 weeks
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said it is “utterly ludicrous” to allow abortion up to 24 weeks when premature babies can survive at 22 weeks or less.
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Hospices could shut if forced to offer assisted suicide, clinicians warn Health Secretary
Almost 350 clinicians working in palliative care signed a letter to Heath Secretary Wes Streeting urging him not to withdraw funding from hospices that refuse to provide assisted suicide. MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is being debated today in the House of Commons at Third…
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The Assisted Suicide Bill Moves Forward Despite Growing Alarm
Amid a growing chorus of concern over the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, on Friday 20 June, the House of Commons is set to decide whether assisted suicide will be legalised in England and Wales. Once the Bill has had its Third Reading next Friday, it will move…
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Late amendment to ban Dr Death’s suicide pod ahead of crucial MP vote on Leadbeater Bill
Conservative MP Greg Stafford seeks to ban the Sacro Pod, the invention of Philip Nitschke, also known as “Dr Death”.
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Royal College of Pathologists rejects Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill ahead of crucial debate and vote
They said it could not support the Bill as its members would be included in the assisted suicide process.
OPINION
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The “shambolic” progress of the assisted suicide bill
If the next act in this political theatre is as chaotic as the debate on 16 May, it is likely to generate more heat than light.
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Stella Creasy and the “mystery” of increased abortion prosecutions
Why are pro-abortion MPs confused as to what is behind the recent increase in prosecutions of women for illegal abortion?
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The Surrogacy Scandal: why the UK must ban this exploitative industry
Last week, a UK court granted full parental rights to a couple in their seventies over a child born via surrogacy. Let that sink in – a newborn baby placed into the care of people who are statistically likely to pass away before that child finishes school. This isn’t compassionate.…
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Tackling demographic decline means reversing abortion
Attempts to reverse fertility decline will be futile unless we reverse abortion numbers.
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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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Parents refuse abortion to cherish last days with terminally ill son and “make memories with our baby”
A husband and wife have recounted how they cherished their final days with their son, diagnosed with Edwards Syndrome, refusing to have an abortion so they could “make memories with our baby… It was my greatest blessing.” Elizabeth and Joshua Evans found out at just over 14 weeks gestation that…
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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…
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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Assisted suicide advocate kills himself after arrest for alleged murder of woman in Sarco Pod
An assisted suicide advocate has killed himself following his arrest for the alleged murder of a woman killed in the Sarco Pod in Switzerland.
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The Surrogacy Scandal: why the UK must ban this exploitative industry
Last week, a UK court granted full parental rights to a couple in their seventies over a child born via surrogacy. Let that sink in – a newborn baby placed into the care of people who are statistically likely to pass away before that child finishes school. This isn’t compassionate.…
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Pope Leo XIV reaffirms Catholic Church’s pro-life teaching to world ambassadors, calls on worldwide leaders to protect unborn babies
Last week, Pope Leo XIV affirmed the Catholic Church’s pro-life teaching to over 100 ambassadors from different nations at the Vatican.
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Over 1 in 20 women take mifepristone again after failed abortion attempt, US study finds
A study in the United States has found that over 5 per cent of women who had a chemical abortion took mifepristone again after a failed abortion attempt, raising more concerns about the safety of the drug. 865,727 abortions using mifepristone between 2017 and 2023 were analysed by the Ethics…
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