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Abortion: UK

UK reports record abortion numbers

The latest statistics show that there were 252,122 abortions reported in England and Wales in 2022, the highest number on record and an increase of 17% on 2021’s figure.

Abortion: UK

Seeing baby born alive after abortion “changed me profoundly,” says former MP Nadine Dorries

Former MP Nadine Dorries on seeing a baby survive a late-term abortion: "There lay a tiny baby boy, blinking, covered in mucus, blood and amniotic fluid, gasping for breath, his little arms and legs twitching. I was shocked to my core."

Abortion: UK

BPAS’ cheap Mother’s Day provocation a masterclass in ‘rage-baiting’

The UK’s largest abortion provider took Mother’s Day as an opportunity to praise those working in the industry, which comes across as little more than an exercise in attention seeking.

Abortion: UK

Shocking scenes in Manchester show the sorry state of free speech in Britain

I don’t know how you couldn’t not feel at least a hint of admiration for the students who left a meeting of Manchester Pro-Life Society last night, and walked calmly out of the building to vicious jeering and shouts of “shame on you” while being flanked by police officers:

Abortion: UK, Exclusion Zones

UK buffer zone faces legal challenges in court

An abortion buffer zone in Bournemouth was the subject of legal challenge at the High Court in London yesterday by Christian Concern and Livia Tossici-Bolt, a former clinical scientist.

Abortion: UK, Media Bias

APPALLING: UK Independent praises young woman for documenting “brave” at-home abortion in viral TikTok video

A recent article in the UK Independent, titled “Mom documents at-home abortion to destigmatise abortion pills”, details a viral TikTok video where 24-year-old Monica, based in the United States, describes her at-home abortion. 

Abortion: UK, Crisis Pregnancy, Support, Adoption

Woman arrested and charged for ‘thoughtcrime’ of silent prayer near abortion clinic

Abortion: UK, Crisis Pregnancy, Support, Adoption

Every Life Counts: Vicky Wall's work shines at the March for Life UK

Vicky Wall, who heads up Every Life Counts, left a lasting impression with our pro-life neighbours where she was invited to speak at the March for Life in London.

Abortion / Disability, Abortion: UK

HORRIFIC: A British court has ordered a forced abortion. So much for choice and women's bodily autonomy

On Friday, a British court made a profoundly shocking ruling which seeks to force a woman with an intellectual disability to undergo a late-term abortion against her wishes. 

Abortion activists / politicians, Abortion: UK, Government / Abortion

7 Consequences of abortion in the UK that could occur in Ireland

It’s easy to claim that legalising abortion is the answer to women’s difficulties. Abortion is frequently presented as a simple and personal choice, but it’s not as simple as all that. Legalised abortion has a knock-on effect for everyone in society, not just for women with a crisis pregnancy. It’s something that Ireland has to think carefully about… Here’s a list of 7 consequences of abortion in the UK, after 50 years of its legalisation. On examination of the points below, how can it possibly be claimed that legalising abortion has progressed women’s rights? We must realise that, as well as the horror of abortion itself happening, there is nothing to prevent these consequences also occurring in Ireland.

Abortion, Abortion: Ireland, Abortion: UK, Bioethics

A Story of Life

One of five children, I was born in the late 1930s. Growing up in Ireland during the 1950s was happy, not drab and grey as we are currently led to believe.  In the early 1960s, I emigrated to London with many Irish people. London was a lively place but, compared to now, it was a lot more difficult to travel to and from Ireland to visit family and friends so I often felt homesick. While training as a nurse, I met my husband. An articulate and well-read Englishman with an Irish mother and an English father, he was raised a Catholic.

Abortion: UK, Crisis Pregnancy, Support, Adoption, Media Bias

Abortion buffer zones on the Rise

It’s not exactly news. For many years now, the right to publicly protest has been coming under attack by people who are determined to shut down dissenting voices. You don’t actually need to be protesting to have your voice silenced – these days all you need is your publicly stated opinion that goes against the approved political view.  So cake makers are fined in Northern Ireland for refusing to make a celebration cake for a gay wedding, a president a student socity of an Irish university is impeached simply for believing it’s wrong to kill unborn children, university pro-life and christian clubs are shut down simply for being pro-life and christian, a teacher in Cambridge is disciplined by his board and may lose his job for not referring to a transgender girl as a boy, and et cetera. And in another nuance on the possibilities of eroding democracy and shutting down free speech, there is the increasingly intense battle to put an end to peaceful prayer, protest and any presence at all by pro-life people outside abortion businesses.