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Gay couple in Canada sue surrogate for refusing to abort baby with cleft lip
Image Source: Shutterstock A same-sex couple in Canada has launched a lawsuit against the surrogate mother who carried their son after she refused their request to abort the baby when doctors identified a cleft lip and a possible heart defect during pregnancy. The case, filed in Ontario Superior Court, has intensified concerns about the ethical…
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Amnesty International names SPUC as an “anti-rights” group. We are not.
Image Source: Shutterstock Amnesty International has come under fire after publishing a report branding the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), alongside dozens of Christian, pro-life and gender-critical organisations, as part of the “anti-rights movement” in the UK. The report, A Growing Threat: The Anti-Rights Movement in the UK, listed 117 organisations that […]
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PRESS RELEASES
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PRESS RELEASE – Highest Scottish abortion figures on record for 2025
Image Credits: Shutterstock PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE London, 26th May 2026 – The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), the world’s oldest pro-life campaign group, is utterly aghast at the data released today by Public Health Scotland, showing 2025 as the year with the highest abortion…
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SPUC responds to “highest abortion” figures on record
The UK’s leading pro-life group responds to the new abortion figures from the Department for Health and Social Care.
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‘Expert Group’ convened by Scottish Government calls for abortion up to birth
SPUC brands the report from the Scottish Abortion Law Review as “destructive” and “disastrous for the women and future generations of Scotland”.
Abortion
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Pastor convicted of buffer zone violation, yet he didn’t mention abortion
A retired pastor has said it is a “very dark day for Christian freedom” after being convicted under Northern Ireland’s abortion buffer zone laws.
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Cardinal Sarah lambasts EU for progressive “neocolonialism” in Africa
Image Source: Pigama / Shutterstock Cardinal Robert Sarah has accused the European Union of using international agreements, foreign aid and trade to pressure African nations into accepting abortion and LGBT ideology. Speaking at the European Parliament in Brussels on 15…
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Gay couple in Canada sue surrogate for refusing to abort baby with cleft lip
Image Source: Shutterstock A same-sex couple in Canada has launched a lawsuit against the surrogate mother who carried their son after she refused their request to abort the baby when doctors identified a cleft lip and a possible heart defect during pregnancy. The case, filed in Ontario Superior Court, has…
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“Safe, legal, and rare” was a lie: Ireland is deep in the throes of an abortion culture
Image Source: Shutterstock Six years after the Republic of Ireland legalised abortion new figures published by the Health Service Executive (HSE) paint a stark picture of how dramatically the nation has changed. Almost 47,000 abortions have taken place since services began in January 2019, with pro-life groups warning that what…
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22-year-old woman seeks out unregulated sperm donor, trades her eggs, then aborts baby girl
Image Source: Alannah Dunn – IVF & Baby Loss journey /Facebook A British woman who sought to become a mother through an unregulated sperm donation arrangement before turning to IVF sought an abortion after her 24-week-old daughter received an unwanted prenatal diagnosis, before she herself nearly died from serious abortion…
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More than sixty US pro-life leaders call for ‘equal protection’ laws for preborn children
More than sixty American pro-life leaders and conservative commentators have signed a declaration calling for unborn children to receive the same legal protection as every other human being, arguing that abortion should no longer be treated differently to other acts of murder under the law. The move comes amid an important debate within the American…
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Pope Leo XIV: Valuing the unborn is the “goal of civilisation” and shows a nation’s true “moral character”
Pope Leo XIV has delivered a powerful defence of unborn life before Spain’s parliament, declaring that every human life must be protected “from conception to its natural end” and warning against a growing “throwaway culture” that devalues the most vulnerable members of society. Addressing members of the Spanish Parliament in Madrid on Monday, the Pope…
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Hawaii will send you abortion pills “just in case” you need them
Hawaii has become one of the first American states to embrace a deeply controversial new abortion policy, allowing women to obtain so-called “just in case” abortion pills before they are even pregnant. The scheme, introduced through a Planned Parenthood affiliate, means women can stockpile abortion drugs at home for future use without needing another medical…
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PRESS RELEASE – Highest Scottish abortion figures on record for 2025
Image Credits: Shutterstock PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE London, 26th May 2026 – The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), the world’s oldest pro-life campaign group, is utterly aghast at the data released today by Public Health Scotland, showing 2025 as the year with the highest abortion numbers on record. The there…
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End of life
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Australian Labor Party votes for “death-by-phone”
Australia’s governing Labor Party has voted to support the removal of federal legal barriers preventing euthanasia consultations from taking place by telephone or video call, while also changing its constitution to allow MPs a conscience vote on future voluntary assisted dying legislation. The measures were approved at the Australian Labor…
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Bishop of Rochester speaks out against Rochester MP’s assisted suicide moves
Image Source: Church of England | Bishop of Rochester The Bishop of Rochester has spoken out against his own MP’s renewed attempt to legalise assisted suicide, warning that the proposed law could fundamentally change society’s relationship with elderly and vulnerable people. The Right Reverend Jonathan Gibbs criticised the latest Bill…
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Isle of Man passes new (possibly illegal) assisted suicide law
Image source: Shutterstock | House of Keys, Tynwald, Douglas, Isle of Man The Isle of Man has formally approved legislation legalising assisted suicide, becoming only the second Crown Dependency to change its law despite ongoing concerns about the Bill’s safeguards and its compatibility with human rights protections. The legislation has…
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Assisted suicide Bill re-published: Tell your MPs to prevent tragedy
Image Source: House of Commons The dangerous assisted suicide Bill has been reintroduced to Parliament, in an almost identical form to the legislation debated during the previous parliamentary session. Labour MP Lauren Edwards published her Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on the day MPs left Westminster for the…
OPINION
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A New Government: what does it mean for the pro-life movement?
Andy Burnham has now appointed his new Cabinet. Who are they, and what are their views on life issues?
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“Neutral” Government Allocates Extra Time for Assisted Suicide Bill
In a dramatic turn of events, the battle over the legalisation of assisted suicide in England and Wales is now on course to continue until late April 2026.
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Scottish Health Committee Blocks Amendments on Palliative Care and Safeguards to Assisted Suicide Bill
Tuesday, 4 November saw Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill begin Stage 2 deliberations with crucial votes on safeguards, palliative care and the criteria for eligibility.
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A beautiful death? Inside the Conservative Party Conference Assisted Suicide Panel
Venturing down ‘enemy territory lane’ and attending the Dignity in Dying (DiD) panel fringe event at the Conservative Party Conference.
Inspiring Stories
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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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Premature baby born at 22 weeks discharged from hospital, healthy
Image Source: uhcw.nhs.uk A baby born at just 22 weeks and three days has been discharged from hospital after spending months in neonatal care, highlighting the remarkable advances in the treatment of extremely premature babies and the amazing strength of the boy. Baby Isaac weighed just 1lb 3oz at birth,…
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Unborn children become eligible for benefits as Spanish leftists rage
Spain’s conservative People’s Party (PP) has inadvertently fanned the flames of the country’s abortion debate after introducing new family support measures that recognise unborn children when calculating eligibility for certain benefits. The legislation, introduced by the PP government in the Madrid region, allows expectant parents to apply for some family…
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£33,000 so far: Young members of SPUC staff and SPUC Youth walk 52 miles of the historic Pilgrim’s Way
From left to right: Ben Weller, Monika Uzkalnyte, Joel Tate, Honor Roberts, Yana Lazczsiw So far more than £33,000 has been raised for SPUC after our annual sponsored event. On Monday 6th July members of SPUC’s staff team and Youth finished a 52-mile four-day walk starting at the tomb of…
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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Australian Labor Party votes for “death-by-phone”
Australia’s governing Labor Party has voted to support the removal of federal legal barriers preventing euthanasia consultations from taking place by telephone or video call, while also changing its constitution to allow MPs a conscience vote on future voluntary assisted dying legislation. The measures were approved at the Australian Labor…
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Surrogacy hypocrisy brings down the gay leader of the German Conservatives
Image Source: Shutterstock A senior German politician has resigned after admitting that he and his husband became parents through surrogacy in the United States, despite having spent years defending Germany’s ban on the practice. Jens Spahn, parliamentary leader of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and a former health…
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French MPs ignore Senate, expected to ratify death bill
France has moved a step closer to legalising assisted suicide after the country’s National Assembly voted to approve controversial legislation despite the French Senate rejecting the Bill on three separate occasions. The legislation, one of President Emmanuel Macron’s flagship social reforms, would create a legal right to assisted suicide for…
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Unborn children become eligible for benefits as Spanish leftists rage
Spain’s conservative People’s Party (PP) has inadvertently fanned the flames of the country’s abortion debate after introducing new family support measures that recognise unborn children when calculating eligibility for certain benefits. The legislation, introduced by the PP government in the Madrid region, allows expectant parents to apply for some family…
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