"The statistics reveal a catastrophic failure of the Scottish government’s policy on abortion." Self-administered at home abortions now account for a third of all abortions in Scotland. By SPUC—the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children DIY at home abortions...
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UK Govt “looking closely” at SPUC’s legal challenge to DIY abortions in Scotland
The full hearing will take place on May 14 and 15 By SPUC—the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children SPUC's legal challenge to the Scottish Government's plan to designate the home as a place the abortion pill can be taken will have implications for the whole of...
Pressure mounts on Scottish govt to stop providing abortions to women from Northern Ireland and allowing women to take abortion pills at home
Polls tell Government to stop meddling in the affairs of other jurisdictions By SPUC—the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children Following polling which shows that the Scottish National Party is out of touch with public opinion on abortion, pressure is mounting...
SPUC Scotland gives Scottish Govt. three weeks to drop home abortion policy
Lawyers acting for SPUC Scotland have written to Dr. Catherine Calderwood, Scotland's chief medical officer, warning her to drop plans to allow women to take abortion pills at home. If she does not respond within three weeks, SPUC Scotland intends to mount a judicial...
Scotland and Wales to follow England and fund abortions for women from Northern Ireland
Editor’s note. This comes from SPUC--the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children--and is reposted with permission. The Scottish Government and the Welsh Assembly have both said that they will follow the UK Government in offering free abortions for women from...
Abortions for reasons of disability continue to mount in Scotland
By Dave Andrusko Kudos to the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) for alerting pro-lifers to the new statistics on abortion coming out of Scotland. As NRL News Today has explained in prior posts, the status of abortion in United Kingdom --England,...
Members of Scottish Parliament still overwhelmingly against assisted suicide
Poll taken by pro-assisted suicide group By Dave Andrusko You could almost visualize the disappointment in the story written by Mark McLaughlin for The Times [of London] about the responses of Members of the Scottish Parliament, headlined, “Half of MSPs opposed to...
Woman who aborted to care for teenager daughter’s baby will be the face of Scotland’s “Don’t Stop A Beating Heart” campaign
By Dave Andrusko Last week NRL News Today wrote about the formation of a new pro-life umbrella group to thwart any attempt to expand abortion in Scotland. The name of organization is “Don’t Stop A Beating Heart” and is being coordinated by the Society for the...
Scottish Pro-life groups form new group to fight proposed extension of abortion time limits as Westminster prepares to transer power to Scottish Parliment
By Rachel McKenzie Editor’s note. This comes from our friends at the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children/Scotland. Scotland’s largest pro-life group is behind a formidable new coalition which will spearhead the campaign against proposals to extend abortion...
New pro-life umbrella group forms in Scotland to fend off liberalization of abortion law
By Dave Andrusko Back in November, NRL News Today wrote about the aftermath of the British House of Commons’ 350 to 183 vote to grant the Scottish Parliament control over abortion laws (it’s called “devolving abortion policy”). Although the Scottish government has...