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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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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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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…
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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…
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France’s Senate has rejected a Bill to legalise assisted suicide for the third time, although supporters remain on course to introduce the law after the legislation returns to the National Assembly, where there is stronger backing. On Tuesday, senators voted by 169 votes to 164, with 11 abstentions, in favour…
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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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Doctors are calling for the morning-after pill to be sold in corner shops, supermarkets, and petrol stations alongside medicines such as paracetamol, after a new survey suggested many people worry they cannot access emergency contraception outside normal pharmacy opening hours. The proposal, put forward by the College of Sexual and…
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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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The Daily Mail has reported that the widespread use of “pills-by-post” abortions is being blamed for a record number of pregnancies ending in abortion, as newly released official statistics show that almost one in three pregnancies in England and Wales now result in the death of an unborn child. According…
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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…
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Lauren Edwards, the Labour MP for Rochester and Strood, has decided to use her number two spot in the private members bill ballot to reintroduce the Leadbeater assisted suicide bill.