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Over two-thirds of British women who had abortions in 2023 used no method of contraception before getting pregnant, a new study suggests. SPUC said that the study “shows that abortion is now seen as the go-to method of so-called ‘birth control’ in the UK, which is what abortion providers wanted…
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A collective statement signed by over thirty pro-abortion organisations, including the British Medical Association, has called for the total decriminalisation of abortion. SPUC slammed the “reprehensible” statement, calling it “self-serving extremism”. Over thirty groups signed the statement calling for parliament to stop criminal investigations and prosecutions of illegal abortions, amounting…
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Pictured: SPUC’s Parliamentary Officer, Maureen Martin, Jim Shannon MP signs our letter. Several MPs attended a SPUC parliamentary event informing Westminster politicians about the inherent danger of DIY at-home abortion, as permitted by the pills-by-post policy. Today, 9 January, SPUC hosted an event for MPs at the Houses of Parliament…
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Abortion was the leading cause of death worldwide once again in 2024, more than cancer, HIV, traffic fatalities and suicide combined. Total deaths from abortion were 45.1 million unborn babies. Abortion accounted for just over 42% of human deaths around the world in 2024. The death toll of 45.1 million…
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Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada since 2015, has announced that he will resign his position in October, and the leadership of the Liberal Party. SPUC has slammed his “disastrous” pro-abortion premiership. “I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister after the party selects its next leader…
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Liberal Democrats MP Layla Moran, the chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, says it would be “foolish” to ignore the concerns of palliative care doctors about assisted suicide, though she still supports Kim Leadbeater’s draft bill. Moran said it would be “foolish” to ignore the warnings of palliative…
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Pope Francis called on people around the world to reject abortion and assisted suicide in his New Year message at the Vatican. At New Year’s Day Mass in St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, Pope Francis called on all people to “respect the dignity of human life from conception to…
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At least 30 MPs who voted for Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill are prepared to withdraw their support for the proposed law because they are concerned about coercion and the role of doctors in suggesting assisted suicide to patients. After a “disappointing” first vote in favour of the Leadbeater Bill,…
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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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A proposal to establish an annual report into abortion complications in England is set to be blocked despite being approved at its second reading in the House of Lords. The Complications from Abortions (Annual Report) Bill was approved during its second reading in the House of Lords last week. However,…
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“Everything begins in mysticism and ends in politics”, said the French poet Charles Péguy (1873-1914); this was thought exactly when confronted with the golden idols of abortion along the Seine this year on 26 July, incidentally the Feast Day of St Anne, the patron saint of mothers and women who…
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State-sanctioned assisted suicides in Canada reached a record high, with over 15,000 such deaths recorded in 2023. SPUC says that Canada offers a “clear warning” of where the UK is heading if the Leadbeater Bill, which passed a first vote last month, is approved. 15,343 people were killed by Medical…
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On Friday 6 December 2024, Stuart Worby, aged 40, was convicted of administering a poison or using an instrument with intent to procure a miscarriage, and of sexual assault. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Nueza Cepeda, a friend of Worby’s, obtained the pills by lying about being…
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A married man has been jailed for murdering his girlfriend who refused to abort her unborn baby. Tragically, the child also died as a result of the brutal stabbing in Birmingham, England.