Press Releases

Leading UK pro-life charity, LIFE, has criticised the IFPA’s sponsorship of the three women seeking to overturn Ireland’s current status on abortion. ‘There is growing evidence that abortion has negative psychological and sometimes physical consequences for women and does not constitute “medical care”,’ says Mark Bhagwandin, LIFE spokesperson.

‘We cannot forget either, that should the IFPA win this case, the right to life of the unborn child will have been overlooked in favour of the reproductive “rights” of the adults supposed to care for them.

LIFE, the UK’s leading pro-life charity, says the latest stats from the Department of Health showing a continuous rise in the number of teenagers having repeat abortions is evidence that the Government’s teenage pregnancy strategy is making things worse.

LIFE spokesperson Michaela Aston says: ‘Abortion is being used as contraception, “last resort” contraception, but contraception nevertheless. This is a human tragedy on a massive scale and one which builds year on year.

Leading UK pro-life charity LIFE says Brook’s Christmas campaign starting today is fundamentally flawed, underestimates and insults young people and will have no impact on the seasonal rise in STIs and unintended pregnancies which occurs every January.

LIFE spokesperson Michaela Aston, says: ‘Brook are handing out free ‘party survival’ packs to 16 and 17-year-olds over the festive season containing condoms and mobile phone credit. Every year similar campaigns are launched with no effect. In fact, this campaign will just makes things worse.

Leading UK pro-life charity LIFE, is today calling upon the medical establishment and the government to face up to the fact that abortion is a leading cause of breast cancer.

LIFE spokeswoman Nuala Scarisbrick says: ‘Today the Government’s Director of cancer services is saying that efforts need to be directed at promoting early diagnosis of cancer. And while this is undoubtedly the case, a key factor behind the UK’s soaring breast cancer rate is our high abortion rate.

LIFE, the UK’s leading pro-life charity, has today denounced targets set by the UK National Screening Committee, to improve the accuracy of scans seeking out Down’s babies, as ‘barbaric’.

LIFE spokesperson and trustee, Nuala Scarisbrick, says: ‘Committee member Professor Cameron claims to want to standardise scans around the country. But this is just spin. The truth behind this headline is that they want ever more effective and accurate ways to get rid of ‘imperfect’ babies.

LIFE, the UK’s leading pro-life charity, says that figures out today showing Britain as the abortion capital of Europe, are clear evidence that the government’s teenage pregnancy strategy is a ‘spectacularly expensive failure’.

LIFE spokesperson Mark Bhagwandin says: ‘The rising rate is being pushed up by teenage abortions, with half of all under-18 pregnancies ending in abortion. This is a disaster on a massive scale and each and every one of those abortions is a tragedy.