Society for the Protection of Unborn Children

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Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) is a pro-life organization in the United Kingdom and several other countries.

In New Zealand, SPUC changed its name to "Voice for Life" in August 2004. Before that, it had used the name "Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child" since its foundation in 1970.

Aims of the Society

-To affirm, defend and promote the existence and value of human life from the moment of conception, and to defend and protect human life generally.

-To reassert the principle laid down in the United Nations 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child that the child "needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth."

-To defend, assist and promote the life and welfare of mothers during pregnancy and of their children from the time of conception up to, during and after birth.

-To examine existing or proposed laws, legislation or regulations relating to abortion and to support or oppose such as appropriate.

Also the acronym for St. Paul's United College.