Press Releases
Producing press releases on topical issues is one way in which CMF aims to promote Christian values, especially in bioethics and healthcare, within society. Through these pages you can access all of our press releases.
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Voluntary Euthanasia Society under pressure from legal challenge from British Council of Disabled People and Others (17/3/2006)
The Voluntary Euthanasia Society (VES) found themselves under renewed pressure last night as medical organisations and disability charities launched a legal challenge to their new name: 'Dignity in Dying'. The groups, which include ALERT and the Christian Medical Fellowship as well as the British Council of Disabled People, oppose VES attempts to...Read Full Release...
CMF welcomes court decision on Baby MB (15/3/2006)
The Christian Medical Fellowship has welcomed today's High Court Decision to continue treatment for a baby with a rare neurodegenerative condition. The parents of baby MB, who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy, were fighting a hospital move to discontinue ventilation. CMF General Secretary, Peter Saunders commented, 'The court has made a wise...Read Full Release...
'UK abortion law increasingly out of step with public conscience' says CMF (29/11/2005)
In the light of news that up to 50 babies a year are born alive after ‘failed’ NHS abortions, the Christian Medical Fellowship has called for an urgent review of Britain’s abortion laws which it says are woefully outdated, increasingly out of step with the public conscience and desperately in need of reform. The 1967 Abortion Act allows for...Read Full Release...
'Don't be deceived by Lord Joffe's revised assisted dying bill', says CMF (8/11/2005)
On the eve of the first reading of Lord Joffe's revised bill on assisted dying in the House of Lords, the Christian Medical Fellowship, which represents 5,000 UK doctors, has issued a warning to parliament and the public not to be deceived by this further move to legalise physician assisted suicide. Lord Joffe had earlier stated his intention to...Read Full Release...
‘Need for aid remains critical three weeks after earthquake’ says CMF (1/11/2005)
Three weeks on from the earthquake, the situation in Kashmir continues to be a cause of grave concern. The 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck close to Muzaffarabad on 8 October is known to have caused more than 68,000 deaths in India & Pakistan, the vast majority being in Pakistani administered Kashmir. More than 2.5 million people have been...Read Full Release...
Medical leaders join together in criticising BMA stance on abortion (31/10/2005)
Thursday 27th October marked the 38th anniversary of the Abortion Act, bringing it in to the public forum once again. Over 6 million abortions have taken place since 1967, with over 200,000 abortions now happening in Britain every year. In a letter published in the Telegraph Robert Balfour, Chris Harrison and Peter Saunders, representing the...Read Full Release...
CMF appeals to its members to 'give and go' to help Kashmir Earthquake victims (21/10/2005)
Christian Medical Fellowship has just launched a Kashmir Earthquake Appeal asking its 5,500 members 'to give and to go' to help the victims of the Kashmir Earthquake on 8th October. The move comes on the day of a UN appeal for urgent help to avoid a massive second wave of deaths over the fierce Himalayan winter. An estimated three million people...Read Full Release...
Healthcare Sunday celebrates everyday 'heroes of healthcare' (14/10/2005)
Sunday 16 October is Healthcare Sunday when hundreds of churches all around the country will remember the everyday 'heroes in healthcare', ordinary Christians who work in the NHS. Healthcare Sunday is based on St Luke's day remembering Luke, probably the first ever Christian doctor, who wrote Luke's Gospel and Acts. This day is spearheaded by over...Read Full Release...
'Promote Palliative Care; don't be deceived by Assisted Dying option', says CMF Scotland (10/10/2005)
On the day of an important debate in the House of Lords, the Christian Medical Fellowship, which represents 5,000 UK doctors, has issued a warning to both parliaments and the public not to be deceived by moves to legalise “Assisted Dying” (AD) The House of Lords debate the Select Committee Report on Lord Joffe's Assisted Dying for the Terminally...Read Full Release...
‘Don’t be deceived by assisted suicide option’, says CMF (9/10/2005)
On the eve of an important debate in the House of Lords, the Christian Medical Fellowship, which represents 5,000 UK doctors, has issued a warning to parliament and the public not to be deceived by moves to legalise physician assisted suicide. The House of Lords debate the Select Committee Report on Lord Joffe’s Assisted Dying for the Terminally...Read Full Release...