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Dear
SPUC supporter,
We are about halfway through our autumn fundraiser and so far have reached £14,625, which is great, but still a long-way short of our target of £60,000. If we do not reach this amount, important projects may have to be pulled.

SPUC does not hold long-term reserves. Instead, we rely on your continued support to keep afloat.
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Yesterday I mentioned that I was a guest on the podcast, Catholic Unscripted.

I discussed with the co-hosts Katherine Bennett and Mark Lambert, the reality of the ‘Dominant Minority’ as the core challenge that we must overcome today if our efforts to defeat the culture of death in our country are to succeed.
Katherine voiced her concern that a vociferous few are driving the culture of death in Britain and this is leaving a trail of avoidable misery in its wake (I paraphrase):

“We are being distracted by lies that lead us to accept things like abortion and euthanasia without questioning them. Speaking as a woman we are not living the lives we were promised, women are not flourishing. They are not leading happy lives. Rather, being pro-life is the antidote to empty unrewarding lives. Being pro-life is how we achieve true security and happiness in our lives. We need a shake-up. It’s time we stop and ask serious questions.”
I agree with Katherine’s every word.
THE MAJORITY DO NOT SUPPORT ASSISTED SUICIDE

And if there was ever a case where a minority is threatening to undermine people’s sense of worth
and personal security it is Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s determined efforts to push through an assisted suicide law by Christmas.

WE MUST NOT LET 2024 BECOME ANOTHER 1967
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Polling commissioned by the pro-life think tank Living and Dying Well this summer makes it all too clear that the vast majority of people in Britain do NOT want an assisted suicide (AS) law.

The massive backing of our opponents’ propaganda by the popular media and celebrity figures is cloaking a very different reality among ordinary citizens.
* Young people reject AS more than any other age group. Fewer than half (44%) of 18–24-year-olds supported legalising AS
* A clear majority – 56% – voiced fears that legalising AS would lead to a culture where suicide becomes more normalised than it is today. This rose to 67% when those who answered “don’t know” were omitted
* Similarly, 43% fear that introducing AS when the NHS and Social Care budget is under such pressure would inevitably place an incentive on health professionals to encourage some people to end their lives early

Yet the most startling finding of all was THIS:
* Only 4% thought AS should be a priority for politicians.

Legalising AS ranked 23 out of 24 of issues that need attention, with “regulating AI” and “international trade deals” ranking higher.
Twenty-five years ago, Euthanasia in Scotland was considered to be a “done deal”. But we fought back AND WON against many attempts to introduce it. We fought off the attempt by Rob Marris to introduce assisted suicide at Westminster in 2015 and we can do the same again, but we need your support. Advertisements in newspapers and journals, speaking tours by palliative care professionals, events in Parliament and much more – these all cost money, and the more we raise, the more we can do to influence the debate.
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Without question, a powerful political minority is shaping our culture, undermining our democratic rights and suppressing TRUTH to the grave detriment of the vast majority of Britons.

The Dominant Minority’s stranglehold on pro-life truth through censorship on university campuses, by controlling the agenda in the mainstream press and broadcasting media and elsewhere presents our movement with one of its biggest challenges.

Nevertheless, Katherine Bennett's insightful observation that people are becoming disillusioned with the falsehoods they are being fed is accurate and presents us with a marvellous opportunity to answer their questions, expose the truth and ultimately change the culture from the grassroots level up.

What are we doing about it?

SPUC staff and medical professionals have started travelling up and down the UK giving talks to local activists. THESE HAVE BEEN SOME OF OUR BEST ATTENDED TALKS EVER. A week ago 70 people travelled from across the East Midlands to hear Professor David Albert Jones, director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre in Oxford.
In the audience was the Bishop of Nottingham, Patrick McKinney. Professor Jones gave key arguments to help people in SPUC’s campaign to defeat the assisted suicide bill introduced by Kim Leadbeater MP.

Last night in Manchester, over 140 people came to hear Dr Dominic Whitehouse give an impassioned plea against Assisted Suicide.
It is exactly this kind of grassroots activism which will win hearts and minds to defeat the Bill.

But this kind of work costs money - travel, hotels, venues and catering all adds up. The Dominic Whitehouse tour alone will cost in the region of £5,000.
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New SPUC culture-shifting project:

I am excited to announce the launch of another new project that helps to do just that, called the ‘Write for Life Academy’

Write for Life Academy is a joint initiative of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) and the BardSchool.
The new project was launched with Activation Days held in London and Glasgow in September, followed by an online event this month.

Activation Days are launch pads to encourage creative grassroots enterprises that challenge the culture of death through the telling of powerful pro-life stories via comedy, poetry, plays and films.

Successful applicants will be:
* Offered courses and mentoring that will help them succeed
* Learn well-researched messaging strategies
* Meet people with important stories to tell, who need a creative to help them share their positive counter-cultural message with the world
* Hear about potential funders who are looking for great projects to fund

Will you donate £10 or £15 or £50 or £100 or £500 or £1,000 or more to support The Write for Life Academy and SPUC’s other work and help bring about a more just world where life is sacred?
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Thank you for your good heart.

Yours in defence of life
John Deighan
Chief Executive

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