In total, 185,824 abortions were performed on English & Welsh residents last year Editor’s note. The analysis comes courtesy of SPUC--the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children. The latest abortion figures show that on average, 509 unborn babies were killed...
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Director of abortion chain supports sex-selection abortions
By Sarah Terzo Ann Furedi, head of a chain of abortion clinics (BPAS) in England, defending sex selection abortions [1]: “We either support women’s capacity to decide, or we don’t. You can’t be pro-choice except when you don’t like the choice, because that’s not...
Troubling questions surround court decision that abortion is in woman’s “best interests”
By Dave Andrusko This may be one of the most revolting stories I have ever read, courtesy of something called “Stowe Family Law,” a law firm in England. The headline is “Judge approves abortion for trouble woman.” What is the “trouble”? The mother of two [referred to...
Young people in Britain mirror their American counterparts: more and more pro-life
By Dave Andrusko A friend from England forwarded me a story that appeared in The Spectator yesterday that ran under the arresting headline, “For me and an increasing number of young people, each abortion is a death: Disquiet about abortion is growing among 18- to...
Christians must speak out about the Marris Bill on assisted suicide in England and Wales
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship. The following is excerpted from pjsaunders.blogspot.com. Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Rob Marris wants to legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales. His Assisted Dying...
Hundreds of mourners attend funeral for abandoned baby
By Dave Andrusko Writing for the Daily Mail, Stephanie Linning wrote an achingly poignant story of hundreds of strangers who took time to mourn an unnamed baby laid to rest in Seafield Cemetery in Edinburgh, England. The baby boy, wrapped in a blanket and found on a...
“It is a Bill for the strong at the expense of the weak”–Baroness Jane Campbell
Editor’s note. The following is a slightly edited version of Baroness Campbell's speech to the House of Lords on Lord Falconer's 'Assisted Dying' Bill. It first appeared as part of a story at the Daily Mail. The Daily Mail offered this introduction: “A hush...
UK to Create “Suicide Courts?”
By Wesley J. Smith Talk about a death panel! The House of Lords–pushed again to legalize assisted suicide–struggles with the nonsense of fashioning ”strict guidelines” to protect against abuse. (As I have repeatedly shown, guidelines don’t protect, they just...
With only a single dissenting vote, Members of Parliament vote to clarify law to end “uncertainty” over legality of sex-selective abortions
By Dave Andrusko Talk about great news and bad news, all in the same situation. Members of the British Parliament today overwhelmingly voted to ban abortions on the grounds of gender (girls, in almost all cases). Indeed, there was only one “no.” 181 MPs voted...
Lord Falconer’s “Assisted Dying Bill” draws opposition across the political spectrum
By Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and is CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. Lord Falconer’s ‘Assisted Dying Bill’ seeks to legalise...