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three-parent embryos Can the ends ever justify the means? see the full story at cmf.li/411UlyU Every year, about 1 in 5,000 babies are born with a mitochondrial... Read more.
No water, no life
Withholding or withdrawing clinically assisted nutrition and hydration in prolonged disorders of consciousness. Tony Bland loved soccer. He particularly loved Liverpool... Read more.
Contraception
Today’s generation of fertile adults takes safe and effective contraception largely for granted. The thought that there might be ethical objections to its... Read more.
Cynicism and Healthcare
Everyone hopes for a good death. But in a world of changing cultural values and complex technological healthcare, what does it mean to die well and to die faithfully... Read more.
Gender Dysphoria
Changing views of transsexuality are making waves in popular culture, politics and medicine. This File examines these developments from a Christian and scientific... Read more.
Contraception
Today’s generation of fertile adults takes safe and effective contraception largely for granted. The thought that there might be ethical objections to its... Read more.
Trivialising gender dysphoria: Government consultation simplifies complex issues
The Government’s public consultation (1) on possible means to make it simpler and easier for people in England and Wales to change their legal gender concluded... Read more.
What next? Withdrawal of Clinically Assisted Nutrition and Hydration
The Supreme Court has ruled (1) that clinically-assisted nutrition and hydration (CANH) may be withdrawn from patients in prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC)... Read more.
DIFFICULT QUESTIONS the place of conscience in medicine & public life
Laurence Crutchlow & Rick Thomas consider God’s voice in a post-Christian society ‘I ‘m sorry, I can’t sign those’. So began... Read more.
CMF File 59 – Gender Dysphoria
See previous CMF Files editions... Read more.
