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Putting faith in global healthcare
I have long argued on this blog that there needs to be a greater engagement with faith based…

The BMA: A trade union with integrity?
Can the British Medical Association (BMA) be trusted to ‘maintain the honour and interests of the medical…

Abortion and preterm births: what women need to know but are not told
Prematurity - a birth prior to 37 weeks gestational age – has recently been described as: ‘the…

Candour in the NHS: Speaking the truth in love?
We would all want a good degree of honesty from anyone caring for us or treating us for a medical condition. …

Nurses caught up in immigration battle
The annual congress of the Royal College of Nursing opened on Sunday, and it began with a warning. …

Morning-after pill is now available to all girls UNDER the age of consent
News that the morning-after pill, ellaOne (which can be effective up to five days after sex), is now…

Elisabeth Elliot enters ‘the gates of splendor’
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” ― Jim…

How safe is the school cancer vaccination for young girls?
New reports (including on the front page of the Independent) are adding to the evolving story…

The new ethical frontier: DIY eugenics
The single most controversial development in biology in 2015 is a relatively cheap, easily manipulated…

Scottish Assisted Suicide Bill gets short shrift from MSPs
Patrick Harvie’s Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill has been defeated today in a free vote by 82 votes…

Thirteen ‘solutions’ to mitochondrial disease assessed
Mitochondrial disorders are passed on through a mother’s mitochondrial DNA. They are progressive…
Let’s be completely honest, clear and truthful about healing as well as expectant
The May 2012 edition of ‘Christianity’ carries several testimonies of healing after prayer and an article about Christian MPs testifying to God’s power to heal. Like most Bible-believing Christians the 4,000 Christian doctors who belong to Christian Medical Fellowship believe in God’s power to heal both in response to prayer and through the gift of […]
Christian conscience, the Bible and the law
Are there any circumstances in which Christians should disobey the law? The Bible teaches us in both Old and New Testaments that it is God himself who institutes human authorities: ‘..the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone he wishes.’ (Dan 4:25) ‘The authorities that exist have been […]
Abortion to save the life of the mother – how common is it?
Abortion to save the life of the mother makes up a miniscule fraction of the 200,000 abortions carried out each year in Britain but it is usually the very first question that people ask. It is a very common question from doctors who do abortions – as if carrying out an abortion in an emergency […]
Embryos, adoption and anonymous fathers
Adoption is often recommended as an alternative to IVF and the creation of spare embryos that are then destroyed. In the US the adoption of embryos is a further well-publicised alternative to destroying ‘spare’ embryos left after fertility treatment. Whilst adoption (including embryo adoption) is a mutually beneficial act that provides a child for a […]
Eugenics close to becoming a ‘human right’ in Europe
A pending case (Kruzmane vs. Latvia) before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) could have profound consequences for people with disabilities. The ECHR is preparing to issue a ruling on the fundamental right to the prenatal screening and elimination of children with diseases or disabilities. The Court is called upon to rule on the […]
BBC and Guardian leap to defence of abortion industry
The abortion industry has been under a lot of pressure in recent weeks – first with revelations about illegal abortions for sex selection, then with a Care Quality Commission (CQC) report showing breaches of the law in 20% of 300 ‘clinics’ examined and more recently with peaceful prayer vigils run by ‘40 days for life’. […]
How British society marginalises Christian health professionals
Earlier this year Christians in Parliament, an official All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), chaired by Gary Streeter MP, launched an inquiry called ‘Clearing the Ground’, which was tasked with considering the question: ‘Are Christians marginalised in the UK?’ The inquiry was facilitated by the Evangelical Alliance and the report was published in February 2012. (You can […]
The demographic time bomb and euthanasia
I have previously warned that unless something is done to reverse current demographic trends, economic necessity, together with the ‘culture of death’ ideology which is becoming more openly accepted, may well mean that the generation that killed its children will in turn be killed by its own children. In other words legalised abortion will lead […]
How to protect your kids from internet pornography
I have just posted a blog on the report from a committee of MPs which makes recommendations about new measures to protect children from internet pornography. Most of these are targeted at the ISP industry (and not a moment too soon!) but the real need is for parents to take steps themselves. If you are […]
Doctors who won’t prescribe contraception to unmarried women or provide sex-change operations risk being struck off, says GMC
Doctors who refuse to prescribe contraceptives to unmarried women or refuse to provide sex-change operations risk being struck off the medical register according to new draft guidance issued by their regulatory body. The new draft guidance from the General Medical Council, ‘Personal beliefs and medical practice’, has been issued today and is subject to consultation. […]
The GMC needs to explain why it is forcing doctors to provide sex change operations
The Mail on Sunday has today quoted my blog in a story titled ‘Doctors “forced to carry out sex-change ops” under rules meant to “marginalise Christian medics”’. The article picks up on comments I made last week about new draft guidance issued by the General Medical Council which says that doctors who refuse to provide […]
Huge increase in assisted suicide cases sounds strong warning to Britain
There has been a massive increase in cases of assisted suicide in both Oregon and Switzerland over recent years according to the latest figures. The Oregon ‘Death with Dignity Act’ allows terminally-ill Oregonians ‘to end their lives through the voluntary self-administration of lethal medications, expressly prescribed by a physician for that purpose’. It also requires […]