A recent Lifeway Research survey reveals that 51% of Americans now believe that a terminally ill person should be able to ask a doctor to help end their life. While support for physician-assisted suicide is growing in some quarters, organisations like the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC)…

In a development that underscores the pro-life case for protecting both women and unborn children, Texas authorities have charged a midwife, Maria Rojas, with 15 felony counts for allegedly performing illegal abortions and practising medicine without a licence. The case should galvanise supporters of life in their ongoing mission to…

The disturbing remarks made by Canadian physician Dr. Ellen Wiebe, suggesting that inadequate housing may justify seeking euthanasia, strike at the heart of what it means to uphold the sanctity of life. From a pro-life standpoint, such reasoning dangerously conflates social adversity with irremediable suffering, reducing vulnerable individuals to decisions…

Photo: Wikipedia Commons: House of Lords chamber, Palace of Westminster, London With the House of Commons having narrowly backed assisted suicide in June, the campaign to preserve society’s commitment to life now shifts to the House of Lords. SPUC has promptly responded, calling on supporters to write to peers ahead…

At age 80, Mike Soper, a former county cricket chairman, is living proof of the resilience of the human spirit. Diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer at age 55 and told he had just three months to live, he is now marking 25 years beyond that prognosis, a powerful testament to…

Image (Right) – Wikipedia Commons: Baroness Grey-Thompson The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill currently under debate in the UK House of Lords has sparked a heated moral debate over assisted dying. SPUC continues to stand resolutely against any legislation that legalises ending life, recognising the immense danger it…

Image: (left) Wikipedia Commons : (John Swinney – First Minister (53720492021)) Scotland finds itself at a critical moral crossroads as MSP Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill advances through Holyrood. The Bill would permit terminally ill adults with mental capacity, after being residents for at least…

On September 3, 2025, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 7, a sweeping pro-life reform that empowers private citizens to file lawsuits against individuals or entities that manufacture, distribute, or mail abortion-inducing drugs, such as mifepristone or misoprostol, into Texas. Under the new law, plaintiffs may seek civil damages of…

Pro‑life campaigners are sounding the alarm as the UK’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill edges toward its second reading in the House of Lords on 12 September, warning it poses a grave threat to church‑run hospices and care homes. Archbishop John Sherrington, lead bishop for life issues of…

Jersey is poised to become the second jurisdiction in the British Isles, after the Isle of Man, to legalise assisted dying, following the publication of a draft law this September. The proposed legislation would allow mentally competent, terminally ill adults to access medical assistance to end their lives, with life…

Image: left – Wikipedia Commons – Pam Duncan‑Glancy In a powerful contribution to the ongoing debate surrounding assisted dying, MSP Pam Duncan‑Glancy reminds us of the human spirit’s enduring capacity for meaning, even when speech, movement, or breath come into question. As she eloquently declares: “I’m 43 years old… I…

The legalisation of assisted suicide carries a far greater cost, both emotionally and financially, than its supporters in the UK are prepared to admit. That fact becomes inescapable when the evidence presented in a major new report is taken into account. Although the authors of the report insist that they…

A pressing legal development in Northern Ireland, namely, a deputy County Court judge’s decision on September 2, 2025, to reconsider the Supreme Court’s prior judgment affirming the legality of abortion “safe access” or buffer zones, warrants serious concern from a pro‑life standpoint. These zones, designed to shield abortion clinics from…