Submissions

CMF regularly makes submissions to Government and other consultations on issues of ethical importance. All of our submissions are accessible here.

Delivery of relationships, sexual health and parenthood (RSHP) education in Scottish schools - draft statutory guidance (05/12/2023)

Have a read. Read CMF's submission

Department of Education of NI: Consultation about Relationships and Sexual Health (05/12/2023)

Section A: Consultation on Department of Education's guidance on the change to legislation -curricular content at key stages 3 and 4 Read CMF's submission

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: Abortion Care information leaflet (26/09/2023)

The RCOG proposes a new information leaflet for women considering an abortion and invited comments on the content and wording. CMF has submitted a response via the online form. Read...

Nuffield Council on Bioethics Call for Evidence: Independent review of disagreements in the care of critically ill children in England. (13/04/2023)

We welcome this initiative from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCoB) and the opportunity to contribute to it. Many of our members work in hospitals, including a number in paediatrics,...

HFEA survey on modernising the regulation of fertility treatment and research involving human embryos (28/03/2023)

The Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) holds the view that human life begins with fertilisation. Further, we believe that human life has intrinsic value, being made in the 'image' of God,...

CMF Submission to the Isle of Man Assisted Dying - Private Members' Bill Consultation (26/01/2023)

'Terminal illness' is defined as 'a progressive disease, which can reasonably be expected to cause death.' We appreciate that it can be fiendishly difficult accurately to predict how long a...

House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee Inquiry into Perspectives on Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide (24/01/2023)

The UK has been a world leader in the hospice movement, building on the foundations laid by pioneers like Cicely Saunders who famously said: 'You matter because you are you,...

Assisted dying in Jersey: submission to consultation (13/01/2023)

The consultation document states that "the purpose of this consultation is not to consider whether assisted dying should be permitted in Jersey - as the Assembly have already determined, in...

Consultation on 'Interim service specification for specialist gender dysphoria services for children and young people' (24/11/2022)

Following the announcement earlier this year that the GIDS (Gender Identity Development Service) clinic, located at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, is to be closed in spring 2023, NHS...

Response to CPSO consultation on MAID (15/11/2022)

The CPSO request help to refine the draft Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) policy before it is finalised. CMF has submitted a detailed response on the draft policy.