Heather Bellamy spoke with Leonora Blackhall from the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children

Leonora: One of my colleagues has and as yet we're waiting to hear back.

Heather: How have people that have been made aware of your being banned responded to you?

Leonora: We've had a lot of positive feedback and lots of support. In fact a self-confessed pro-abortion journalist wrote an article in The Scotsman newspaper condemning Dundee University Students' Association's decision to ban us from the Freshers' Fayre. She actually said: 'What's at stake here is how we view students. Trying to silence the views of people you disagree with - no matter how wrong, ugly or daft - says a great deal about how young adults are seen. They should be trusted to listen to others and think for themselves; instead they are treated like impressionable children. Students today should demand a little more respect.' So that's somebody who doesn't agree with what we're doing, but is appalled that students should not be allowed to hear our view.

Heather: So will you be looking to have this decision overturned - if it's too late for this year, for future years?

Leonora: The Life Society, which exist in the University and have always been very successful in the University, are going to challenge this decision. As it stands at the moment, the Students' Association actually allowed the Life Society to hold this stall, but they said it couldn't include any SPUC merchandise. The Life Society found that quite difficult because we work closely with them, so they are going to challenge the Students' Association.

Heather: The Students' Association I believe looks to be, in their words, fair and unprejudiced towards groups with differing views. What are your thoughts on how you've been treated in light of this?

Leonora: As I said before, it's been flagged up in the national press that by banning a viewpoint treats a group, not only as students on campus but a group in society, unfairly. It's also unfair of the Students' Association to put sanctions on the Life Society. The constitution of the Dundee University Students' Association clearly states that the Association 'may recognise clubs and societies which do not have purposes, objects and aims in conflict with the Association', so by allowing the Life Society to already exist they've agreed to the viewpoint, so it doesn't make any sense for them to ban SPUC. They've made a great deal of noise about being fair and unprejudiced towards groups with differing views; however, by not allowing us on campus they're treating us in a completely unfair and biased way.

Heather: On the issue of unborn children is it your opinion as a society that the UK is becoming a more safe or unsafe place for unborn children?

Leonora: We've seen here in Scotland that the abortion rate has fallen for the last five consecutive years. Advances in technology means that people are far more aware of life in the womb and the developing human child. However, the fact that we still have legal abortions and abortion on demand, plus the fact that the loudest voice in our society is a pro-abortion one, means that there's still a lot of work to be done to make sure the UK's a safe place for unborn children.