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1. abortion If life in utero is of value to God, then unborn babies surely deserve the protection of the sixth commandment as much as any other human. UK law doesn't reflect this, with the Abortion Act (1967) (1) allowing abortion until the 24th week of pregnancy in specific (though broadly...
'Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.' (Psalm 139:16) Today's parents have access to images of their unborn child that would have been unthinkable only a couple of generations ago. Ultrasound allows us...
Today's generation of fertile adults takes safe and effective contraception largely for granted. The thought that there might be ethical objections to its use within marriage may come as a surprise to many contemporary Christian couples. Yet for almost all of its history, the Christian church has viewed contraception with...
Philippa Taylor talks to Sarah Walker on BBC Radio Berkshire about the work of Pause, a charity that offers an 18 month programme to vulnerable women that requires them to take a LARC.
Broadcast by BBC Radio Berkshire on October 9 2017.FSRH ban may be illegal Review by Peter Saunders CMF Chief Executive Doctors who object to prescribing 'contraceptives' which act after fertilisation are to be barred from receiving diplomas or fellowships in sexual and reproductive health even if they undertake the necessary training. The ruling comes in new guidelines...
Neither ethical nor evidence-based Review by Peter Saunders CMF Chief Executive School nurses have given implants or jabs to girls aged between 13 and 16 more than 900 times in the past two years. (1) Girls aged 13 have been given contraceptive jabs and implants on more than...
Among the quangos due for dissolution are the Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group (TPIAG) and the Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health and HIV (IAGSH). Since TPIAG was set up in 1998 to halve the national under-18 conception rate by 2010, it has put most of its efforts into the...
