Society for the Protection of Unborn Children

Society for the Protection of Unborn Children
Formation January 1967 (1967-01)[1]
Type Anti-abortion lobby group
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Website www.spuc.org.uk

Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) is a pro-life advocacy organisation in the United Kingdom which opposes abortion, assisted suicide and abortifacient birth control.[2] They also take a stance against same-sex marriage.[3]

Public statements

In 2008, it paid tribute to Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, on the occasion of the cardinal's death.[4]

Tony Nicklinson right-to-die case

SPUC opposed locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson's legal battle for a right to assisted death.[5][6]

Marriage

SPUC has opposed same-sex marriage.[3][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Retrieved 1 August 2016. Our Society was founded in January 1967
  2. ↑ "Morning-after pills and other abortifacients". Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Aims". Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "SPUC pays tribute to Cardinal López Trujillo". Society for the Protection of Unborn Children. 21 April 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Tony Nicklinson loses High Court right-to-die case". BBC News. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Tony Nicklinson, Locked-In Sufferer, Sobs During BBC TV Interview After Losing High Court Right To Die Battle". The Huffington Post UK. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Fact: Gay Marriage Kills Babies". VICE. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "John Smeaton, SPUC director". Retrieved 28 June 2015.


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