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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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Labour MPs threaten amendments to decriminalise abortion
Labour MPs have indicated that they may use a government bill to push for abortion to be removed from criminal law.
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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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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…
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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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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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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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Pope Francis calls on all people to protect unborn babies and their mothers from abortion in message from hospital
Despite being gravely ill in hospital, Pope Francis called on all people to take up the cause of the unborn around the world.
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End of life
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Kim Leadbeater admits that assisted suicide criteria could be expanded in future if legalised
MP Kim Leadbeater has admitted for the first time that the eligibility criteria of her proposed assisted suicide bill could be expanded in the future. “That could happen”, she confessed on LBC on 21 March. Challenged by LBC’s Natasha Clark on whether the proposed law would create a “slippery slope”,…
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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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GPs in revolt after Royal College decision to go “neutral” on assisted suicide
Over 250 GPs have signed a letter to The Times condemning their Royal College’s decision to adopt a neutral position on assisted suicide as “grossly misrepresentative of GPs’ attitudes to assisted dying”.
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Labour MP Naz Shah forced to leave assisted suicide committee early “because of disability” exposes “shocking lack of empathy for disabled people”, says SPUC
Labour MP Naz Shah was forced to leave fellow MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide committee yesterday because her hearing aids ran out of charge after 15 hours of use. Shaz had raised her disability needs “repeatedly” before.
OPINION
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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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Leadbeater’s bill is a betrayal of women, crime victims and the Labour party
The repercussions of a change in the law could impact three groups of people in ways that are not being widely considered.
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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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.
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Heroic firefighters help deliver premature baby girl
Firefighters have been hailed as ‘heroic’ after coming to the aid of a pregnant mother in need, and helping deliver her premature baby girl.
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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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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Pope Francis condemns “murderous practice of abortion” in address to international leaders
Pope Francis has spoken out against the “pathological individualism” of abortion.
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