JOHN SMEATON, DIRECTOR OF SPUC: Pro-life campaigners to hold nation-wide street witness

Saturday, 10 April 2010

Pro-life campaigners to hold nation-wide street witness

Pro-life campaigners are due to give silent witness to unborn babies killed in the 42 years since the implementation of the Abortion Act, as well as to the hurt caused to women by abortion.

On Saturday 24 April*, SPUC supporters will form a chain, standing at intervals holding placards which bring home the reality of abortion. The event is known as the Pro-life Chains and will be held from 11am till 1pm.**

The 1967 Abortion Act came into effect on 27 April 1968. Since then, more than six million unborn children have been killed through registered abortion in Britain. This figure does not include abortions which may be caused by birth control drugs and devices. Nor does it include the number of embryos destroyed or discarded during and after in vitro fertilisation.
The full list of locations for the event is below.*** Media outlets are welcome to send a reporter and/or photographer to cover the event. Media and supporters interested in the event should contact Tony Mullett, national organiser of the Pro-life Chains, by telephone on (01772) 258580 or by email to tonymullett@spuc.org.uk

* 17 April in Nottingham and 1 May in Ashton-under-Lyne.
** except Nottingham on 17 April, where the event will be held from 10am to 12noon.
*** Chains will take place at the following towns on Saturday 24 April 2010, 11am to 1pm, unless otherwise stated:

Ashford
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 May
Balsall Common
Banff
Bath
Bedford
Bideford
Birmingham, Edgbaston
Birmingham, Erdington
Birmingham, Handsworth
Blackpool
Brighton
Cardiff
Cheltenham
Chester
Chorley
Coleraine
Eccles
Edinburgh
Enniskillen
Farnham
Godalming
Guildford
Huddersfield
Hull
Leigh
Leyland
Lincoln
Liverpool, Crosby
Liverpool, Wavertree
Llanelli
Loughborough
Narborough
Newcastle under Lyme
Newcastle upon Tyne
Nottingham -17 April, 10am to 12 noon
Peterborough
Plymouth
Preston
Sale
Salisbury
Sheffield
Shipley
Stockton
Swansea
Telford
Torfaen
Truro
Uxbridge
Vale of Glamorgan
Worthing

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About Me

I became involved in SPUC after graduating, when I established a branch in south London in 1974. I have worked full-time for SPUC for 42 years. I became chief executive of SPUC in the UK in 1996, having been general secretary since 1978. I was elected vice-president of International Right to Life Federation in 2005. At UN conferences in Cairo, Copenhagen, Beijing, Istanbul and Rome, I helped coordinate more than 150 pro-life/pro-family groups resulting in pro-life victories in Cairo, Istanbul and Rome. I was educated at Salesian College, London, before going to Oxford where I graduated in English Language and Literature. I qualified as a teacher, becoming head of English at a secondary school. I am married to Josephine. We have a grown-up family and we live in north London.