http://www.cmf.org.uk/index/contraception.htm Latest Contraception related content from Christian Medical Fellowship en-gb webmaster@cmf.org.uk (CMF Webmaster) 60 http://www.cmf.org.uk/news/?id=109 The Daily Mail Femail section today published a piece on the increase in sexually transmitted infections in young women, and their consequences. The article, including extensive comments by Dr Trevor Stammers, CMF Chairman, can be read online at the Daily Mail . Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/news/?id=109 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1878 Mark Houghton analyses a recent public policy failure Gripping my hand, the female patient asked, 'Doctor, can I ever be forgiven?' She was talking about an abortion done decades before. Lovemaking without cost is the elusive Holy Grail of the sexual revolution. A policy that isn't working - The morning after pill, one form of emergency contraception, was hailed as the government's answer to ever rising rates of teenage pregnancies and abortions. But new research published in the British... Sun, 1 Oct 2006 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1878 http://www.cmf.org.uk/press_release/?id=41 The Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) questioned the role of Boots the chemist after today's announcement that a free service to provide test kits to detect chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease, is to be launched. CMF says, along with Government policy, Boots has helped to fuel the epidemic by making the morning after pill (MAP) more widely available. CMF spokesperson, Dr Trevor Stammers said: 'While the CMF welcome the early detection and cure of any sexually transmitted disease, the... Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/press_release/?id=41 http://www.cmf.org.uk/press_release/?id=38 The scheme by Lothian Health Board to reduce unwanted pregnancies and abortions through giving women advance supplies of the morning-after-pill has been condemned as "misguided and ignorant of the facts" by the Christian Medical Fellowship [CMF]. CMF, who represent 4,500 Christian doctors in the UK, has frequently expressed its concern over Government policy for reducing unplanned and unwanted pregnancies, which appears to place undue emphasis on the morning-after-pill [MAP]. Peter Saunders,... Fri, 3 Dec 2004 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/press_release/?id=38 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1191 Medical facts and biblical principles should shape prescribing argues James Tomlinson A recent House of Commons inquiry declared the nation's sexual health to be in increasing crisis.[1] The committee made a number of recommendations: sex and relationship education as a core part of the national curriculum; prioritisation of contraceptive services; increased open access for terminations; performance management of primary care trusts against sexual health standards.[2] General practitioners are... Thu, 1 Jan 2004 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1191 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1143 The status of the human embryo remains controversial within CMF, but a significant number of Christian doctors believe that human life should be shown the utmost respect from the time of fertilisation and so are unwilling to prescribe or recommend 'contraceptives' that may act after this event. Because most non-Christian colleagues do not share these concerns, and because there is no reliable biochemical marker for fertilisation as opposed to implantation, the facts on which to base such... Tue, 1 Jul 2003 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1143 http://www.cmf.org.uk/ethics/rsl_2003_harm_reduction.htm As a local GP you are approached by a headmaster concerned about the large number of pregnancies among his sixth formers. He asks if you would be willing to give a talk on use and availability of contraceptives, especially condoms. You are aware of a number of girls coming to your practice requesting abortions, or treatment for their STIs. You face a request from an opiate addict on your practice list. He asks if you would be willing to ease off on the methadone reduction programme, which he... Thu, 1 May 2003 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/ethics/rsl_2003_harm_reduction.htm http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=344 Response to Enigma 2: A 16 year old girl comes to see you wanting to start on the oral contraceptive pill. What advice can you give her about the available options? What might you as a Christian be able to bring into this consultation that most GPs wouldn't bother with? Initially you need to take a good history that includes gynaecological basics such as details of her cycle. You also need to consider the reasons behind her request. Before launching into a lecture about contraception, make sure... Wed, 1 Jan 2003 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=344 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1220 Levonelle-2 replaced Yuzpe as the preferred method of 'emergency contraception' on the basis of a 1998 WHO trial. The manufacturers Schering and the government have repeatedly asserted that Levonelle-2 cannot affect an established pregnancy, and yet in the trial it reduced expected pregnancy rates even more than Yuzpe (which is known already to have a post-implantation effect), even when intercourse took place again after the drug was given. This suggests that Levonelle-2 acts mainly by... Tue, 1 Oct 2002 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1220 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1179 Condoms are widely promoted as offering protection against pregnancy and infections; and are increasingly used as the contraceptive of choice. But method and user failure, combined with a false sense of security leading to higher rates of intercourse with greater numbers of partners, mean that over half of girls relying on them will become pregnant over a five year period. And whilst, if used correctly, they protect against HIV and gonorrhoea, they do not offer substantial protection against... Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1179 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=949 GP registrar Mandi Fry shares some of John Holden's concerns but takes a different line in practice The rate of unwanted teenage pregnancies in the UK is one of the highest in Europe at 8.2 per 1000, and one of the 'Health of the Nation' targets is to decrease this by 50% by the year 2000[1]. Effective contraceptive services are one way in which the government is seeking to achieve this[2], hence the increased focus on the availability of postcoital, or 'emergency', contraception. However, as... Fri, 1 Oct 1999 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=949 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=736 Sophie Critchley and Peter Saunders raise questions abut the effectiveness of current government policy in preventing teenage conceptions. Teenage pregnancies on the increase - The British teenage pregnancy level is now the highest in Europe. Currently 9.4 per 1000 13-15 year-olds and 63 per 1000 16-19 year-olds get pregnant each year:[1],[2] twice the rate in Germany, four times that in France and seven times that in Holland. 87% of teenage mothers in Britain are unmarried and 29% of children... Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=736 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=919 Dr Hilary Cooling believes in mutuality in care and learning You don't need a classical education to know 'doctor' means teacher. Doctors are expected to teach, and the traditional apprenticeship model epitomised by 'see one, do one, teach one' is only gradually being replaced by skills-based teaching aimed at competencies which can be assessed. From my early days of teaching groups and lecturing I wanted to know if it worked. Did my students actually learn? Did I pitch it right? After a... Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=919 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=924 Postcoital contraception may sometimes work by preventing the continuing development of a fertilised egg, and therefore arguably be abortifacient. GP John Holden finds it his biggest problem Requests for postcoital contraception (PCC) cause me more ethical discomfort than anything. They raise practical problems that can be greater than those surrounding requests for abortion, and GPs as well as those working in A&E, gynaecology and family planning have to decide what their attitudes... Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=924 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=687 The status of the embryo is one issue that has profound implications for the way we practise medicine; not least for the advice we give about contraception. Contraceptives usually act by one of three ways; by preventing ovulation, by interfering with sperm and ovum transport, or by preventing implantation of an already fertilised egg. With some contraceptives several of these mechanisms may be acting concurrently. Members of CMF who believe that human life deserves utmost respect from the time... Fri, 1 Jan 1999 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=687 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=700 The Family Planning Association (FPA) and Pharmacy Healthcare Scheme joined forces this Christmas to encourage the use of emergency 'contraception'.[1] The FPA estimates that 650,000 prescriptions are written each year for emergency contraception and that the overall risk of pregnancy after a single episode of unprotected sex is 2-4% rising to between 20% and 30% around the time of ovulation. Fudging the issues - The FPA literature states categorically, 'emergency contraception works by... Fri, 1 Jan 1999 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=700 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=533 Breakdown of family life - Not long ago I attended a GP refresher course lecture, in which we learned about a study in Exeter investigating the effect of divorce or separation on children. The study has confirmed what I think most people could deduce by common sense - the effect is often harmful. In fact it has been found that even if the parents are constantly quarrelling, it is better for the children if the parents stay together.[1] The lecturer asked us what we would say to patients... Mon, 1 Jan 1996 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=533 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=546 The Morality of Contraception - Those of us who have been involved in the abortion debate for many years will have found the question of contraception arising from time to time. It is an issue that is related and yet different. First of all what is the basis for accepting that it is permissible to plan our family sizes? What is the basis of the contrary Roman Catholic position? Current RC teaching goes back to Augustine. He believed that anything distracting the mind from a spiritual plane,... Sun, 1 Oct 1995 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=546 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=518 More people share the planet today than have ever lived. The United Nations Conference on Population and Development took place on 6-13 October 1994 in Cairo and welcomed delegates from 182 nations. Despite quadrupling in one century, world population growth has slowed, dropping from 2% a year in 1960 to 1.8% by 1989. However sub-Saharan Africa is swelling by 3.2% a year, the highest recorded growth rate of any continent in history. This dwarfs Latin America's peak at 2.8% and Asia's 2.5% in... Sat, 1 Jul 1995 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=518