Submissions
CMF regularly makes submissions to Government and other consultations on issues of ethical importance. All of our submissions are accessible here.
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Submission to a Scottish Parliament Inquiry into teenage pregnancy (05/02/2013)
This CMF submission is a response to a Scottish Parliament inquiry which was set up to review policy at a national and local to reduce teenage pregnancy rates. The inquiry...
Welsh Government Draft Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill (18/01/2013)
This final public consultation on organ donation by the Welsh Assembly Health and Social Care Committee concerns a draft bill that will introduce presumed consent for organ donation for the...
Faith Matters - the contribution of faith to health and healthcare in the post 2015 agenda (10/01/2013)
This paper is submitted by the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) (1), a network of 4,000 doctors and 800 medical students in the UK. We have a strong interest in global...
Submission to the HFEA Review of scientific methods to avoid mitochondrial disease - 7 December 2012 (30/11/2012)
The UK government regulator for embryo research, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, is consulting on new proposals to allow scientists to create children with three, or even four, parents...
Organ Donation in Wales: A letter to the Shadow Minister for Health (22/11/2012)
In an effort to improve organ donation rates, the Welsh Government intends to introduce a system of presumed, or deemed, consent to Wales. When a person dies without having expressed...
Submission to a cross-party parliamentary inquiry into unwanted pregnancy (28/09/2012)
This CMF submission is a response to a cross-party inquiry, chaired by Amber Rudd MP, set up to explore and understand the underlying factors behind unwanted pregnancies in the UK,...
Submission to the Dept of Health on the abolition of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (28/09/2012)
This submission from CMF raises concerns with the Dept of Health proposal to transfer functions from the HFEA and the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) to the Care Quality Commission, except...
Submission to the Welsh Government Draft Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill (10/09/2012)
The Welsh Government consulted on its draft Bill to introduce a system of 'presumed consent' for organ donation. This Bill will permit doctors to remove organs and tissue from any...
Submission to the GMC guidance on Personal beliefs and medical practice (13/06/2012)
This submission is a response from CMF to the GMC consultation on the draft of their 'explanatory guidance': Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice. The consultation on 'explanatory guidance' was part...
Submission to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics on donor conception (16/05/2012)
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics issued a consultation on donor conception and whether parents of people conceived using donor eggs or sperm should choose to tell them about their genetic...