The word ‘abortion’ describes any medical procedure that ends a pregnancy, by deliberately ending the life of an unborn child.
In the United Kingdom, over 200,000 unborn children have their lives ended each year through abortion.
Right To Life UK campaigns for the recognition of the rights of unborn children along with the creation of a medical system and society where there is increased practical care and support given to women facing an unplanned pregnancy.
We protect and defend the right to life of every human being from conception to natural death through our work across education, politics, the media and through a large network of people in constituencies across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
We are committed to an evidence-based approach to life issues, uniting people from different political ideologies and philosophical beliefs (including those who are non-religious, religious, or agnostic)
Belfast City Council to celebrate abortion up to birth campaign by illuminating landmark, prompting backlash
Belfast City Hall will be illuminated in green next month to celebrate an international campaign to permit abortion up to birth, prompting a backlash in the region. The decision to illuminate Belfast City Hall on 28 September was made to celebrate International Safe...
Ireland: almost 60,000 abortions since 2019, a 59% increase since law introduced
Abortion statistics released by the Department of Health in Ireland show there were 10,600 abortions in Ireland in 2025, a 59.02% increase since legislation introducing abortion on demand came into effect in 2019, when 6,666 abortions took place. This brings the total...
Pregnant teen murdered for not having an abortion, family says
A pregnant teenager has been murdered in America for not having an abortion, according to the victim’s family. Rylee Montgomery, a 16-year-old from Arizona, was less than 14 weeks pregnant when she was shot to death in May this year. The alleged...
Keir Starmer’s resignation: What it means for assisted suicide and abortion
The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, who has long been a supporter of assisted suicide, has announced his intention to resign as Prime Minister, following Andy Burnham’s by-election victory on Friday 19 June. But what does his resignation mean for the pro-life...
Bill to remove three-day wait before abortion progresses in lower house of Irish Parliament
A Bill that would scrap the mandatory three-day waiting period after an initial consultation for an abortion in Ireland has progressed in the lower house of the Irish Parliament. The Health (Abolition of Three Day Wait Rule) (Amendment) Bill 2026, which was put...
Bill on babies born alive after an abortion receives First Reading in House of Lords
Baroness O’Loan’s Infant (Born Alive) Protection Bill received its First Reading this morning after being drawn at number seventeen in the House of Lords Private Members' Bill ballot. The Bill's long title is “A Bill to require that an infant born alive after an...