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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.
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alongside a letter for parents asking for their child to be withdrawn from Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) lessons. This backfired as some residents in the area condemned the action and, in an interview on
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Between 2020 and 2022 the group received over £72,000 from US donors who used an agency to disguise their identity.
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Not to be confused with the former Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (now
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On 18 June 2019, the media reported that the organisation did a leaflet drop in
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The Pro-Life All-Party Parliamentary Group, headed by the then-
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confirmed that no letters had been handed in at any school.
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SPUC was formed in 1966 amid parliamentary debates over the
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organisation in the United Kingdom which also opposes
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Voice for Life
Right to Life New Zealand
Anti-abortion
London
United Kingdom
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anti-abortion
assisted suicide
abortifacient
birth control
Abortion Act
faith
Catholic
evangelical Protestant
Phyllis Bowman
Shadow Home Secretary
Ann Widdecombe
locked-in syndrome
Tony Nicklinson
same-sex marriage
Sneinton
Nottingham
BBC Radio Nottingham
Nottingham City Council
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