Morphine kills the pain, not the patient
One of the most depressing aspects of campaigning against the legalisation of assisted suicide is dealing…
Tragic story of Sophie Tyler demonstrates triumph of hope over adversity
The media today carry the tragic story of a teenager left paralysed from the waist down by a hospital…
Make bias history – a call to support moves for independent abortion counselling
Many people assume that women considering abortion have access to independent information and advice. In…
How private abortion providers gained a stranglehold on taxpayer funded abortions
Abortion was legalised in Britain in 1967. However, under the Labour government of 1997 to 2010 abortion…
Should christian doctors and nurses strike?
Over the last few days, health unions have been meeting to decide whether they will begin preparations…
Making Poor Choices: are commercial concerns wrecking our health?
Cancer, diabetes, heart disease, lung diseases, and strokes are the major causes of death and disability…
What Abdel Al-Megrahi and Ronnie Biggs teach us about the fallibility of ‘safeguards’ in assisted suicide laws
Tomorrow, 20 August, marks the second anniversary of the release from a Scottish prison of Abdel Baset…
Case of man with ‘locked-in syndrome’ may arouse emotions but the law does not need changing
The BBC, Daily Telegraph and most newspapers report today on the case of a 46-year-old man with ‘locked…
British Medical Journal publishes my reply to its article on CMF and faith discussions with patients
A couple of weeks ago the British Medical Journal published an article in its Lobby Watch column about…
New pre-natal screening test makes eliminating all people with genetic disease an achievable reality
‘Fetal DNA tests: Are we finally entering an era of eugenics?’ This was the question raised by Nancy…