News from SPUC - street-preacher harrased by police officers in Manchester, UK, for reading passages from the Bible that may 'offend' homosexuals

"They were clearly told that reading the Bible and preaching can be offensive and that they could be arrested," she wrote.

"Furthermore, they were subjected to abuse and intimidation. They were told that they were being monitored and filmed," she wrote.

Critics claimed that a Muslim preaching his religion in the street would not have been treated in such a way by police.

Mr Hayworth, a voluntary worker who is married with two children, has been a street preacher in the Manchester area for five years and he is often accompanied by his father.

He said that he and his father had decided to preach from 11am at St Ann's Square in Manchester instead of their usual place on nearby Market Street.

He was reading passages from the Old and New Testaments while his father distributed leaflets containing the message of the gospel.

"At 2pm, I was approached on more than one occasion by several police officers who falsely accused me, stating that I was inciting hatred with homophobic and racial comments," he said.

"One plain-clothed officer, who was with the other two uniformed officers, said: 'It is against the law to preach and hand out tracts: preaching causes offence and handing out tracts is harassment and could result in an arrest.'"

This is how our tax money are spent and this is what police officers do while patrolling the streets?? In no time we may be bullied and ridiculed for being Christians and of 'heterosexual orientation'. I remember the incident when 'pro-choice' council 'lady-boss' caused the arrest of elderly man who dare to sent her leaflets against abortion. What kind of society we live in....

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A Lenten pro-life initiative has reportedly saved some 40 lives as women are dissuaded from having abortions. The 40 Days for Life campaign involves vigils at abortion clinics. In one case, a husband spoke to the activists and then returned inside the clinic where he persuaded his wife to keep their child. [LifeSiteNews, 3 March]

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..."An academic scientist says clinicians suspect that IVF carries developmental risks for the children it produces. Dr Richard Schultz, associate dean for natural sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, is among several specialists calling for more research to ascertain such risks. Our source suggests that studies have found that the fertility technique leads to "abnormal patterns of gene expression" and increased likelihood of genetic disorders, prematurity and low birth weight.. One piece of research in the US was by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on more than 14,000 babies. Scientists at Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, found an unusually large number of IVF children with Beckiwth-Wiedemann syndrome. Our source also mentions Angelman syndrome in this context. IVF consent forms at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts, reportedly mention a possible risk. The medium in which embryos are grown may affect them".

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Comments on new BBC drama series 'Hunters' presenting 'wicked' ways of pro-life activists abducting children(!) and also on inaugural address of new American President.

A British television police drama shows pro-life people kidnapping children. SPUC supporters have expressed concern about BBC1's Hunter. Betty Gibson of SPUC Northern Ireland who watched the programme said: "These supposed pro-lifers were shown inscribing 'sacred' on one of their captives and also killing a hostage. The BBC wouldn't dare portray other groups in this way." John Smeaton of SPUC said: "Of course, this is just a fictional situation, but pro-life people are the last to threaten children. Indeed, we defend them. There is a grim irony that one of the extremists in the programme has spina bifida and seems to want revenge for the deaths of people with a similar disability through abortion. (The overwheming majority of unborn babies discovered to have spina bifida in Britain are aborted). We mustn't be distracted by a TV show from our defence of vulnerable human beings, but maybe it's worth remarking on such an eccentric portrayal of pro-life people just when the most pro-abortion president in US history has been inaugurated." [John Smeaton, 21 January]

SPUC has also commented on President Barack Obama's inaugural address. The new president referred to America's founding documents. John Smeaton cited the declaration of independence which says: "... all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life..." and commented that this statement should make killing children before birth unthinkable. Mr Obama's probable pro-abortion laws and policies made it unlikely that "the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness" would be honoured. He claims to want to "restore science to its rightful place" yet would abuse and kill embryonic children. Mr Obama spoke of "those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents" to which John Smeaton asks: "What else is abortion than slaughtering innocents?" He said: "It is ... a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate." John asks: "What about the majority of Chinese women who are willing to have another child, but will be denied one by an Obama-funded population control programme?" [John Smeaton, 20 January] Ms Ellen Moran, the new president's communications director, used to work for Emily's list which supports pro-abortion politicians. [Independent, 20 January]

An aborted child's tissue could be used to treat stroke victims in Scotland. The ReNeuron company of Surrey, England, developed the therapies for the Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, at a cost of £10 million. There may be trials in June where stem cells would be injected in patients' brains to see if they help. [Nursing Times, 20 January] SPUC's John Smeaton said: "It is unethical in every way - killing one member of the human race to help another. We are totally opposed to this." Comment on Reproductive Ethics said: "Even using just one foetus in this way is wrong. The stem cells will have been taken from a healthy foetus. Would any woman want her unborn baby to have its brain used in this way?" [Christian Institute, 19 January]

A handbook on pregnancy for people with learning disabilities is to be published next month. My Pregnancy, My Choice, by the Change organisation in the UK, has been endorsed by the Royal College of Nursing. [Royal College of Nursing, 20 January]

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