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Harry and the Penguins – how each of us can make a difference (and stay warm!)
CMF Board member Jonathan Fisher is our guest blogger for World Disability Day
Recent media coverage…

New website launched to help Christians experiencing same-sex attraction
A new website, containing articles, videos and personal stories has been launched to help Christians…

Belgium’s meteoric rise to become euthanasia capital of the world
Please sign this petition to stop child euthanasia in Europe. It takes only a minute to do. It is…

UCL Debate – ‘This House would legalise assisted dying’
A debate at University College London on Monday night allowed the issue of assisted suicide to be addressed.…

What’s happening? A quick update on euthanasia and assisted suicide
Excerpts from the latest newsletter from Care Not Killing Alliance.
Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill
Independent…

Belgian Senate will vote on bill to extend euthanasia to children with disabilities on 26 November
Alex Schadenberg is chair of Euthanasia Prevention Coalition International. The following article is…

Belgium’s grisly descent down euthanasia’s slippery slope
Wesley J Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism and…

A deadly conflict of interest: why euthanasia in Belgium is so out of control
It is widely acknowledged that euthanasia is out of control in Belgium: a 500% increase in cases in…

Should people be permitted to sell a kidney to save someone’s life?
In The Times last week Matthew Syed (£) forcefully argues, in what he admits is an angry tone, that…

Care Not Killing responds to the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill
Margo Macdonald MSP (pictured) today launched her new assisted suicide bill in Scotland. The Scottish…

New European group launched to halt ‘growing threat’ of state-sanctioned euthanasia
A new coalition was launched in Brussels on Wednesday 13 November 2013 to combat the growing threat…
Margo MacDonald MSP is seriously misleading the Scottish People and Parliament
Margo MacDonald claims that about 50 Scots a year would die if her ‘end of life assistance’ bill were to be enacted. She makes this remarkable claim on the basis that experience in the few countries where assisted death has been legalised shows that it accounts for only one in every 2,000’ deaths – though, […]
The government needs to invest more in cord blood
More than two years ago CMF welcomed a new bill which encouraged the donation at childbirth of umbilical cord blood and its storage for public use. It also called on the government to invest more actively in developing the NHS cord stem cell bank. MP David Burrowes’ Umbilical Cord Blood (Donation) Bill aimed to increase […]
Helping Haiti
Following the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on Tuesday 12 January, causing tragic loss of life and massive destruction, CMF members have been asking how they should respond to this disaster. The UK Department of Health reports that the initial acute medical response is now well underway with 14 field hospitals, one US hospital ship […]
The brain is like a muscle – use it or lose it
Some years ago on a trip to India I shared a room with a doctor at a Christian Medical Conference in New Delhi where we were both speaking. He was a travelling evangelist and Bible teacher from Kerala who had put many long train trips to good use by memorising Scripture and could tell you […]
DPP guidance on prosecutions for assisted suicide comes in for serious criticism
On 30 July the Law Lords, ruling on the Debbie Purdy case, required the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keir Starmer (pictured) to publish the facts and circumstances he would take into account in deciding whether to bring a prosecution under the Suicide Act. Under the Suicide Act 1961 assisting with suicide carries a sentence […]
Global warming is much more about per capita consumption than population
In February Jonathon Porritt, chairman of the UK Government’s Sustainable Development Commission, said that curbing population growth through contraception and abortion must be at the heart of efforts to combat global warming, and that couples who had more than two children were irresponsible. This idea – that our planet is heating up as a result […]
Goats and kitchen sinks for Christmas
Some friends told me this week that they had given each of their children a £50 allowance this year to buy Christmas gifts for people living in developing countries. Their kids had grasped the opportunity with both hands, putting careful thought into their purchases, and even adding some of their own savings in an effort […]
Climate Change, Population and Health
At the time of writing, the Copenhagen Climate Change Talks are about to happen, and much comment in the media suggests that the chances of a meaningful agreement on curbing emissions rests on whether the West can persuade India, China, Brazil and much of the developing world to sign up. At the same time, reports […]