Society for the Protection of Unborn Children
| Formation | January 1967[1] |
|---|---|
| Founder | Phyllis Bowman[2][3] |
| Type | Anti-abortion lobby group |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Website | www |
Society for the Protection of Unborn Children is an anti-abortion organisation in the United Kingdom which also opposes assisted suicide and abortifacient birth control.[4]
History and support
SPUC was formed in 1966 amid parliamentary debates over the Abortion Act, which came into law one year later. Although it is not officially faith-based, SPUC and the more conservative anti-abortion charity Life mainly draw upon Catholic and evangelical Protestant support.[5] Between 2020 and 2022 the group received over £72,000 from US donors who used an agency to disguise their identity.[6]
Resignation of Bowman
SPUC founder Phyllis Bowman resigned from her post in July 1999, with nearly half of the 12-person national executive resigning in sympathy. This was believed to be because of a rift with SPUC national director John Smeaton over the organisation's strategies.[2] The Pro-Life All-Party Parliamentary Group, headed by the then-Shadow Home Secretary, Ann Widdecombe, met with SPUC to discuss concerns that following Bowman's resignation, the organisation may divert resources from the political arena and seek greater realignment with the Catholic Church, alienating Protestant, Muslim and atheist supporters of SPUC.[2][3]
Tony Nicklinson right-to-die case
SPUC opposed locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson's legal battle for a right to assisted death.[7][8]
Marriage
References
- ↑ "About Us". Retrieved 1 August 2016.
Our Society was founded in January 1967
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Norton, Cherry (17 July 1999). "Founder quits pro-life group over strategies". The Independent. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "MPs enter pro-life group row". BBC News. 19 July 1999. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ↑ "Morning-after pills and other abortifacients". Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ↑ Banchoff, Thomas (15 May 2011). Embryo Politics: Ethics and Policy in Atlantic Democracies. Cornell University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-8014-6107-1.
- ↑ "US Donors Are Helping Push Anti-Abortion Agendas in British Schools". www.vice.com. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ↑ "Tony Nicklinson loses High Court right-to-die case". BBC News. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ↑ "Tony Nicklinson, Locked-In Sufferer, Sobs During BBC TV Interview After Losing High Court Right To Die Battle". The Huffington Post UK. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
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