JOHN SMEATON, DIRECTOR OF SPUC: Morning-after pill should be handed out in maternity wards

Thursday, 24 July 2014

Morning-after pill should be handed out in maternity wards – BPAS

Ann Furedi of BPAS

Morning-after pill should be handed out in maternity wards – BPAS [Telegraph, 23 July]

Book now for SPUC's national conference, 5-7 September
SPUC's national conference takes place once again at the Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire, from 5-7 September. This will be a fantastic opportunity to hear international speakers on a range of pro-life topics, and get up to date with all SPUC’s campaigns. It is a must for all SPUC branches. We are delighted that our speakers this year will include Bishop Philip Egan, Roman Catholic bishop of Portsmouth. See the conference programme To book, download the booking form and return it to SPUC with the conference fee. If you have any questions about the conference, please contact Katherine Hampton, the conference organiser, by email to conference@spuc.org.uk or by telephone on 020 7820 3137. [SPUC, 16 July]

Re-advertised post: Personal Secretary to the Chief Executive
SPUC is looking to recruit a Personal Secretary to the Chief Executive based at its London HQ. The post is part-time (15-25 hours per week, negotiable). Salary details available on request. The deadline for applications is 15 August. This is a re-advertised post. [SPUC, 23 July]

Abortion

The wife who's aborted two babies - because she's too selfish to share her husband [Mail, 24 July]

Embryology

Three parent babies banned from knowing 'second mothers' [Telegraph, 23 July]
NHS managers proposed strict limits on IVF provision [Telegraph, 21 July]
Number of women travelling to America to choose sex of child rises 20% [Telegraph, 21 July]

Euthanasia

Nitschke's website linked to UK suicide death [Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, 23 July]
Australia's Dr Death, Philip Nitschke, to lose medical licence [Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, 23 July]
Country music legend supports life [John Smeaton, 22 July]
Fears for safety of vulnerable people as assisted suicide is debated in House of Lords [SPUC, 18 July]
A moving account why Lord Falconer's assisted suicide bill is wrong [John Smeaton, 18 July]

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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.