JOHN SMEATON, DIRECTOR OF SPUC

A blog launched on the 41st anniversary of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), the first pro-life organisation in the world, established on 11 January 1967. I wrote this blog in my role as SPUC's chief executive, commenting on pro-life news, reflecting on pro-life issues and promoting SPUC's work. I retired from my post on 31st August 2021 and will therefore be adding no further posts.

Friday, 20 August 2010

It's so refreshing when bishops speak out in defence of life

In the last few days, bishops around the world have been speaking out and acting in the defence of life and family:
  • Australian bishop and former SPUC president criticises anti-population environmentalists (pictured)
  • Chilean bishop urges defense of life in order to end culture of death
  • South African bishops’ conference corrects pro-condom bishop
  • Bishops of Mexico says that homosexual adoption an attack on natural order
  • Filipino archbishop says proposed divorce bill will destroy society
  • Catholic diocese will fire any staff acquiring state funded contraception
  • American archdiocese starts post-abortion ministry for men
If only the bishops of England and Wales would do the same.

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John Smeaton

John Smeaton
johnsmeaton@spuc.org.uk

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.

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