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Abortion... Lest we forget! 1967-2007 Forty Terrible Years, 27/10/07: On the 27 October, 1967, the Abortion Act was officially passed in the UK Parliament. As Big Ben struck... more... |
Press ReleasesMPs with marginal seats Targeted over Abortion and Human Life voting records MPs who do not support a proposed reduction in the time limits on abortion as part of the up-coming Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill will have their voting records made public.
In a letter sent this week to every MP, Julia Millington of the...
Alive and Kicking launches online database of MPs views on abortion ahead of biggest abortion battle in 40 years, 10/03/08 Alive and Kicking, a powerful alliance of eleven organisations seeking to reduce the annual toll of 200,000 abortions a year in the UK, today launches a major campaign on abortion.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, which is very soon...
Abortion for Disability is Discrimination against the Disabled, says Baroness Masham, 25/01/08 On Monday, 28th January, in the House of Lords, Baroness Masham, will continue her valiant battle to remove discrimination against the disabled from the Abortion Act. It is a shameful fact, in a country claiming to have reached a high moral plateau on...
House of Lords Urged to Amend Abortion Act on Grounds of Disability, 8/12/07 LEADING pro-life organisations are urging members of the House of Lords to eliminate discriminatory abortion on the grounds of disability. The Alive and Kicking Alliance, representing eight organisations are urging Peers to use the Human Fertilisation...
MPs favour liberalisation of the abortion law, 31/10/07 'Every aspect of this ridiculous report is as expected; the Committee has simply endorsed the ruthless agenda of the pro-abortion lobby. They argue against fetal viability below 24 weeks, they endorse the removal of two doctors’ signature in the first...
UK doctors unwilling to perform abortions, 16/04/07 According to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, increasing numbers of doctors are refusing to carry out abortions on ethical grounds.
'We congratulate doctors for having the confidence to express their opposition to abortion,' said...
Medics highlight psychological risks of abortion on 39th anniversary of the Abortion Act, 27/10/06 Today The Times features an article reporting concerns amongst members of the medical profession that women who have abortions are risking depression and other mental illness. In a letter to The Times, 15 senior psychiatrists and obstetricians...
Annual loss of £31billion attributed to 200,000 yearly UK abortion rate, 20/06/06 Professor Bill Ledger of Sheffield University is in the headlines today with his calculations on the cost effectiveness of IVF treatment and its ability to solve economic problems across Europe caused by falling birth rates. At the Annual Fertility...
Religious leaders to urge Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health to tighten law on abortion, 14/06/06 It is reported today that Scotland’s most senior Catholic, Cardinal Keith O’Brien will urge the Prime Minister to tighten the law on abortion in a meeting due to take place this week. This news comes just days after it was reported that the leader of...
Prenatal Down's Syndrome diagnosis a death sentence, 22/05/06 Shocking statistics in The Sunday Telegraph and Daily Mail highlight the increasing numbers of babies aborted in the UK following prenatal diagnosis of Down's Syndrome. Sadly these figures have increased incrementally as testing for Down's has gradually...
Archbishop of Canterbury and Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster hope abortion survivor's remarkable testimony will raise the profile of the issue, 07/12/05 Gianna Jessen, the US musician from Nashville, who survived abortion at 7 and a half months, spoke to a packed committee room in Parliament last night, presenting a powerful personal witness to the horror of abortion. The 'Alive and Kicking' Campaign,...
Abortion survivor Gianna Jessen addresses political meeting tomorrow, 05/12/05 Gianna Jessen, the young musician from Nashville, who survived a saline abortion at 7 plus months, will be addressing a meeting in the Wilson Room, Portcullis House, Tuesday December 6th at 6.30. Miss Jessen has been invited by the 'Alive and Kicking'...
Abortion and depression, 28/10/05 A British Medical Journal online article today claims that pregnancy is more likely to cause depression than abortion, a position which is and will continue to be disputed by the many organisations who work in post-abortion counselling. Citra Abbott,...
New abortion poll - 8 in 10 say too many abortions, 26/10/05 - 8 in 10 regard 200,000 abortions in Britain each year as too many and want ways to be found of reducing this figure - 6 in 10 want abortion limit lowered 'significantly' - young people and women found to be strongest in their support for reduction A...
Major campaign against abortion - launch at Labour Party Fringe Meeting, 25/09/05 Alive & Kicking, a dynamic new campaign in defence of the unborn child, will be launched at a Fringe Meeting at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton on Monday 26th September.
The campaign is composed of a growing alliance of human rights...
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