JOHN SMEATON, DIRECTOR OF SPUC: British women going abroad for surrogacy and IVF

Thursday, 2 April 2015

British women going abroad for surrogacy and IVF

The IVI fertility clinic in Madrid

According to The Telegraph newspaper, there is an increase in the number of British women travelling abroad for surrogacy and IVF. Figures suggest that 167 British children were born from surrogates last year, up from 47 children in 2007. One chain of private IVF clinics in Spain reports a 60% increase in British patients over the last decade. [Telegraph, 30 March] and [Telegraph, 28 March] IVF is an anti-life practice in which the vast majority of human embryos are killed.

Other stories:

Abortion

Pro-life camapigner hit with hefty £25k bill after failed bid to prosecute 'gender abortion' doctor [Manchester Evening News, 2 April]
US scientists advancing search-and-destroy tests against disabled children [BBC, 1 April] British IVF doctors doing the same to discard disabled embryos [Telegraph, 28 March]
Parents of twins reject abortion of disabled child [LifeSiteNews.com, 31 March]
Pro-abortion protest against pro-life lecture at Dundee University [Courier, 30 March]

Euthanasia

US nuns providing true 'death with dignity' [CNA, 1 April]

Family issues

Italian bishops warn civil unions bill will impose gender theory [LifeSiteNews.com, 1 April]
Pornography addiction worry for 12 to 13-year-olds [BBC, 31 March]
Lib Dem leader laments lack of 'progress' on sex education [Attitude, 29 March]

Population

Poles threatened by low birth rate [Warsaw Voice, 25 March] and gay agenda [Warsaw Voice, 30 March]

General

US bishop says pro-life victory depends on fighting contraceptive mentality [LifeSiteNews.com, 1 April]
John Smeaton's interview with Fr Peter West of Human Life International [John Smeaton, 31 March]
The Annunciation reminds us of the pro-life movement's sacred work [John Smeaton, 25 March]

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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.