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 the Nuffield Council on Bioethics on donor conception - 16/5/2012
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 origins. Should it be a private family matter, or are there wider public and ethical interests at stake? What kind of information, including medical, might...
Submission to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics on novel neurotechnologies - 24/4/2012
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics issued a consultation on the ethics of new types of technologies and devices that 'intervene' in the brain, such as brain-computer interfaces, deep brain stimulation, and neural stem cell therapy. 'novel neurotechnologies' are in the early stages of translation from the laboratory to use in medical treatment or in...
Submission to the GMC guidance on Personal beliefs and medical practice - 17/4/2012
This submission is a response to the GMC consultation on the redraft of their guidance: Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice . Following this initial consultation process, the GMC will issue a formal consultation document on the redraft on 19 April, and plan to publish a revised version to coincide with the new Good Medical Practice towards the...
Submission to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics on the ethics of mitochondrial donation
- 24/2/2012
The bypassing of inherited mitochondrial abnormalities using donor eggs to create embryos free of the disorder is an advancing area of research (creating so-called 'three parent embryos'). The Nuffield Council has been considering the ethical issues arising from these techniques to prevent the transmission of inherited mitochondrial disorders. The...
Submission to the Welsh Government White Paper on organ and tissue donation - 31/1/2012
Plans for new legislation for organ donation in Wales to introduce a 'soft opt-out system' - otherwise known as 'presumed consent' - will permit doctors to remove organs and tissue from any dead patient, unless they had specifically registered a formal objection to it, or their families give consent. Read full CMF submission…
CMF Submission to Parliamentary Inquiry: ‘Clearing the Ground’ (November 2011) - 21/12/2011
A parliamentary inquiry to consider the situation facing Christians in the UK today, entitled 'Clearing the Ground', seeks to bring clarity about the challenges that Christians face with regard to the law, and to make recommendations as to what changes to the law might be beneficial and encourage the church to have confidence in its engagement in...
Submission to Department of Education Review of Personal, Social, Health and Economics (PSHE) Education - 30/11/2011
The Government conducted an internal review to determine how to support schools to improve the quality of teaching of personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education, including giving teachers the flexibility to use their judgement about how best to deliver PSHE education. This request for representations sought views on the core body of...
Submission to BCAP on the regulation of post-conception advice services - 8/8/2011
BCAP (The Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice) sets and reviews the rules for broadcast advertising. It has proposed that rules preventing commercial abortion providers from advertising on TV should be relaxed. It also proposed to make any post-conception advice services (PCAS) state on their adverts if they do not directly refer for...
Submission to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on Quality Standards Programme: End of life care for adults - 22/7/2011
This quality standard covers all settings in which care is provided by health and social care staff to adults approaching the end of life and adults who die suddenly or after a very brief illness. It sets out markers of care for adults approaching the end of life and also covers support for their families and carers. The CMF submission to this...
Submission to the Royal College of Psychiatrists Review on Induced Abortion and Mental Health
- 29/6/2011
The Department of Health has funded the RCPsych to carry out a major review of the mental health impact of abortion on women. This report is likely to influence any future Government policy and advice on the health consequences and care of women post abortion. “ The focus of the review is to consider the question from a woman's point of view, that...
