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Court Diary – Freedom of Information Case Days 3...

Posted on 4 June 2009.

ProLife Alliance seeking truth and transparency about abortion. June 2 Unfortunately a video-link from Gibraltar with our witness Dr Vincent Argent, scheduled for the morning of Day 3, was not possible due to technical difficulties at the Court, and so he was not able to be questioned on his statement in defence of open access to abortion statistics....

Posted on 2 June 2009.

Late abortion figures for totals under 10 described as ‘statistics of little value’ Not unexpectedly the Department of Health marched into the Information Tribunal this morning circulating a page from the Daily Mail (not usually their favourite newspaper) reporting the killing of the American abortionist, Dr George Tiller. This was just the latest...

Killing of Dr George Tiller...

Posted on 1 June 2009.

The ProLife Alliance condemns the killing of US abortionist, Dr George Tiller. We oppose the violence of abortion itself, and any other violence associated with it. There is no violent or aggressive activity in the UK by any pro-life group. Read More →

Posted on 31 May 2009.

ProLife Alliance seeking truth and transparency about abortion Babies are aborted post 24-weeks in the United Kingdom and not even worthy of an openly recorded number on a sheet of statistics. Friday 29 May 2009 In a week with the public braying for full transparency in relationship to every dot and comma involving MPs expenses, it was extraordinary...

Posted on 31 May 2009.

The Observer reports that 800 people have become members of Dignitas, the Swiss pro-euthanasia organisation. It also reports that a group of peers will table an amendment this week to the Coroners and Justice Bill to lift the threat of prosecution from people in England and Wales who assist suicide. Regrettably, the Observer does not include any prolife...

Posted on 28 May 2009.

Abortion Freedom of Information Substantive Hearing in the Information Tribunal Friday 29 May, 1,2,3 June, 2009 Appellant: Department of Health Respondent: The Information Commissioner Additional Party: ProLife Alliance Time: 10:30 am Dates: Friday 29 May, Monday 1 June, Tuesday 2 June, Wednesday 3 June Place: Procession House, 110 New Bridge...

Abortion statistics 2008...

Posted on 22 May 2009.

The ProLife Alliance welcomes the 1.6% decrease in the abortion figures for 2008, and also the slightly lower percentage of abortions for teenagers. The long-standing inadequacies of abortion reporting, however, have not altered. The new statistics yet again record incidences of missing ages, missing gestations, missing postcodes, and missing grounds. It...

The Abortion Reality...

Posted on 20 May 2009.

1. As we await the release this week of the latest yearly abortion statistics, we draw your attention to this edited comment from a woman who had an abortion at bpas, and contributed to a survey on customer satisfaction reported on the bpas website. “ … there were procedures structured in which made things easier for me, for instance during...

Posted on 17 May 2009.

In a shocking development this week, Swedish health authorities have ruled that gender-based abortion is not illegal, and cannot be stopped. This decision is horrifying but sadly inevitable in a country where abortion is legal on demand (up to 18 weeks in Sweden), which means that a woman can request abortion for any reason whatsoever. The huge disgust...

Posted on 14 May 2009.

Juris, London Metropolitan University’s forum for jurisprudential and ethical discussion, is holding the following one day conference - “Life and Death Matters: Disability Rights and Incapacity” Date: Thursday July 2nd 2009 Venue: London Metropolitan University, 16 Goulston Street, E1 7TP Cost: £65 (includes light lunch and refreshments);...

Posted on 12 May 2009.

The following article was written by Laura Chamberlain, news editor of The River, the student paper at Kingston University. The Kingston survey was also reported in the Daily Mail. Other student newspapers may like to conduct similar surveys and raise awareness amongst students that the morning after pill can cause an early abortion. ————————— Many...

Petition: Reject abortion adverts on TV and radio...

Posted on 11 May 2009.

The Broadcasting Committee of Advertising Practice public consultation are considering proposals to allow abortion organisations to advertise on TV and radio. We ask you to oppose the proposals to allow pro-abortion advertising by signing our online petition (see form below). Alternatively you can download and print the petition here, to collect...

Petition: Right to Life of the Human Embryo...

Posted on 11 May 2009.

Across the European Union pro-lifers in member countries are collecting signatures for this petition in defence of the right to life of the human embryo, to coincide with the 60th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. It is vital that the United Kingdom supports this initiative. The European Union is the only vehicle for receiving such a...

Dr Death promotes suicide...

Posted on 8 May 2009.

The arrival of a Dr Nitschke, nicknamed Dr Death, and his suicide workshop tour of the UK have been widely reported by the media. One of the most disturbing details of the news is that he is deliberately targeting towns with a high proportion of elderly people for his suicide tour. These suicide worshops are only open to people aged over 50, who have...

Posted on 26 April 2009.

Beautiful video of the unborn baby’s development, just click here Read More →

Posted on 23 April 2009.

Despite public outrage at proposals to show abortion ads on TV, the UK’s first television advert for the morning-after pill is due to be screened tonight, after the 9pm watershed on ITV, Channel 4 and Sky. Dominica Roberts, speaking on behalf of the ProLife Alliance stated: ‘We are absolutely outraged that without even waiting for the outcome...

Posted on 20 April 2009.

In another survey which shows that the Department of Health and the pro-abortion lobby are out of touch with medical opinion, a survey for GP newspaper showed that almost two-thirds of primary care nurses would refuse to offer early medical abortions (EMAs) to patients if legislation was changed to allow them to do so. 62% of nurses said that they were...

Ban Dr Death from Britain...

Posted on 19 April 2009.

The People Newspaper has called for Dr Death (Philip Nitschke) to be banned from Britain, after reports that he plans to hold four workshops to tell people how to kill themselves using his £35 kits. Dominica Roberts, of the ProLife Alliance, said: “He is a terrifying person and should be banned. I am amazed they are letting him in the country.” Nitschke...

Posted on 29 March 2009.

The ProLife Alliance condemns proposals by the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP), reported widely by media including The Telegraph, and Daily Mail which will allow pro-abortion organisations to advertise abortion and condoms on prime time TV and radio and give Britain among the world’s most liberal broadcasting regimes on sexual...

Posted on 27 March 2009.

“A Selfish Choice” Recently I came across a remark by Claire Rayner to the effect that the decision by the wife of Dominic Lawson to reject the offer of an abortion for their Downs Syndrome child was selfish. She considered the choice selfish, because of the so-called misery of Downs Syndrome children and because the amount of money...

Posted on 23 March 2009.

Patricia Hewitt, the former Health Secretary, has begun a campaign to “gain the legal right for people to assist their own death”, reports The Times. During her time as Health Secretary she read many accounts of people’s suffering, and was prompted to consider how she would respond in a similar situation of crippling illness. She...

Posted on 23 March 2009.

BBC NewsOnline reports that former health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, is urging MPs to change the law to allow people to take terminally ill patients abroad for assisted suicide. Patricia Hewitt has tabled an amendment to the Coroners and Justice Bill which would allow families of gravely ill people to help them commit suicide abroad without fear of...

Posted on 15 March 2009.

The Coroners and Justice bill is intended to tighten up the Suicide Act 1961, after the sad spate of suicides by young people in Bridgend. Ironically, pro-euthanasiasts have proclaimed their intention to subvert the intention of this bill, which is meant to cut down the number of suicides, by using it for exactly the opposite purpose. They intend to...

Posted on 15 March 2009.

The Times today reports that the mother of Dan James, the 23 year old man who was paralysed playing rugby and ‘assisted to die’ in Switzerland, has criticised the inadequate care her son received from the NHS, where he was moved instead of immobilised, which is likely to have made his paralysis more severe and contributed to the depression...

Posted on 12 March 2009.

Prof. Sir Richard Gardner, a stem cell expert from Oxford University and advisor to the HFEA and the Royal Society, speaking at a recent Oxford International Biomedical Centre conference, stated that fetal tissue may offer a more realistic solution to the lack of donor organs than technologies such as designer pigs with ‘humanised’ organs which...

Posted on 4 March 2009.

DoH SCAREMONGERING TO JUSTIFY PARTIAL EXCLUSION OF PROLIFE ALLIANCE (PUBLIC AND PRESS) FROM ABORTION TRIBUNAL HEARING 1. Background Information The ProLife Alliance will participate as Additional Party at a Tribunal Hearing between the Department of Health and the Information Commissioner in relationship to an appeal against a ruling by the IC, which...

Posted on 15 February 2009.

On February 19th 2009, the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the High Court that Debbie Purdy, who has multiple sclerosis, could not compel the Director of Public Prosecutions to state whether her husband would be prosecuted if he were to take her to Zurich to commit suicide. The Court of Appeal made the right decision. The number of people who...

Posted on 10 February 2009.

Last week there was yet another story about how the UK’s abortion laws - and the Department of Health’s moves to make abortion even easier - are out of step with medical opinion. In response to the news that the Department of Health and some Primary Care Trusts are considering including allowing early medical abortions to be carried out...

Posted on 7 February 2009.

LifeNews reports that North Dakota State House has approved a bill, supported by the vast majority, that would allow women a chance to see an ultrasound of their baby prior to an abortion. The legislation is designed to help women learn the humanity of their unborn child and to consider abortion alternatives. If this legislation is passed in the senate,...

Bone Marrow stem cells cure MS...

Posted on 30 January 2009.

BBC News Online, Daily Mail, Times, and many other newspapers are reporting that bone marrow stem cells have been shown to cure multiple sclerosis sufferers in a trial which was led by Dr Richard Burt of Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago. The study is reported today in the Lancet Neurology. Among the 21 men and women in the trial, aged between 20...

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