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Assisted suicide and euthanasia

“Not Dead Yet UK”, is a network of disabled people in the UK which highlights the dangers of legalising Assisted Suicide and calls for the maintenance of legal protections for terminally ill and disabled people. It has launched the "Resistance Campaign" calling for MPs to sign the Resistance Charter promising to maintain legal protection for all terminally ill and disabled people.

Action:    Sign the petition, Urge your MP to sign the charter, Tell others about the campaign

Abortion

One of the UK’s largest abortion providers has announced that the country’s first ever abortion advert is to be screened on national television. Despite protests, abortion provider Marie Stopes International (MSI) ran an advert promoting abortion services on Channel 4 on Monday May 24 and the advert is to continue to be aired until the end of June. Although advertising abortion has so far been banned on British television, MSI have been able to avoid this ban by claiming to be non-profit making organisation. Nevertheless, MSI receive an estimated £30 million a year from the NHS and women with unwanted pregnancies who contact the organisation are charged £80 for a consultation. The 1967 Abortion Act was passed to allow for a small number of legal abortions in a limited number of hard cases.  We need to find ways of reducing abortions in this country - not ways of increasing them.

Further information can be found at CCFON, Christian Institute and Mail Online.

Action

We do not believe that this advert should be aired.  Please sign this petition and make your voice heard! You may also like to complain to the Advertising Standards Authority and to Channel 4.

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