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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