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Dr Peter Saunders2011-02-05 10:10:102024-01-22 09:21:09Senior neonatologist brands official report on fetal awareness as ‘Emperor’s new clothes’
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Dr Peter Saunders2011-02-05 10:10:102024-01-22 09:21:09Senior neonatologist brands official report on fetal awareness as ‘Emperor’s new clothes’
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Dr Peter Saunders2011-02-03 10:14:262024-01-22 09:21:09Morning-after pills don’t cut teen pregnancy rates
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Dr Vicky Lavy2011-02-02 00:01:192024-01-22 09:20:46CMF members blog from Haiti
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Dr Peter Saunders2011-01-26 11:52:002024-01-22 09:21:08Euthanasia bills fall at first hurdle
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Dr Peter Saunders2010-12-19 13:43:172024-01-22 09:19:28The ‘ultrasound’ Jesus reminds us of the meaning of the incarnation
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Dr Peter Saunders2010-12-18 10:21:592024-01-22 09:19:25How common is abortion to save the life of the mother?
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Dr Peter Saunders2010-12-18 09:48:542024-01-22 09:19:27A new exhibition touring the United States is highlighting lessons to be learned from the Nazi doctors
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Dr Peter Saunders2010-12-17 02:32:482024-01-22 09:19:26Two letters to the Times regarding Lord Falconer’s Commission on Assisted Dying
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Dr Peter Saunders2010-12-14 15:47:392024-01-22 09:19:26Former Lord Chancellor misrepresents law on assisted suicide in national newspaper
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Steve Fouch2010-12-13 14:07:532024-01-22 09:21:08ICMDA HIV Initiative 2010 Dignity and Right to Health Awards
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Dr Peter Saunders2010-12-12 12:23:042024-01-22 09:19:25More knowledge of fetal development leads to new US laws making late abortion illegal
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Dr Peter Saunders2010-12-12 09:39:482024-01-22 09:19:24Chile’s president says country’s respect for life mandated great efforts to save lives of Chilean miners
In five years time (or less), expect to see the UK permit the creation of GM babies
There has been a flurry of news reports (and here) in favour of a new technology that could edit the genome of human embryos, making changes that would be passed down the generations. More information on the benefits and potential costs of this interesting new technology, crispr/cas9, is here. The news reports have been […]
The campaign to change surrogacy laws suffers a set-back
According to newspaper reports last week, a one year old boy has been left in limbo, as a ward of court, with no legal father or mother, due to outdated surrogacy laws that deny his genetic father the right to be his legal father. As is often the case with news items, there is more […]
Defeat of the Marris Assisted Dying Bill – some reflections on how MPs voted
The Assisted Dying (No 2) Bill of Labour MP Rob Marris was the eleventh attempt in twelve years to legalise assisted suicide through British Parliaments. But its overwhelming defeat yesterday (11 September 2015) by a margin of 212 votes (330 to 118) should settle this matter for a decade. It is striking (and indeed fitting) […]
Maternal mortality: is there a link with abortion legislation or not?
The question of whether restrictive laws on abortion lead to fewer maternal deaths, or more maternal deaths, is hotly debated. Those who are ‘pro-life’ and want to see more restrictive abortion laws say that fewer abortions leads to fewer maternal deaths, with Northern Ireland providing one example close to home: ‘Ireland and Northern Ireland show […]
Cut and Paste: A new revolution in genetics
Great excitement has been developing over the past few months about new opportunities to eliminate diseases using cheaper, more efficient and more precise gene-editing techniques. But these same techniques are also bringing fresh urgency to the safety and ethics of genetic engineering and ‘designer babies’. Ever since the discovery of the DNA double helix, different […]
Britain’s law on assisted suicide is not ‘broken’ and does not need ‘fixing’
On Friday 11 September MPs will vote on the Assisted Dying (No 2) Bill tabled by Labour’s Rob Marris. In case you were wondering, it’s called ‘No 2’ because an almost identical Assisted Dying Bill has been tabled in the House of Lords by Labour Peer Lord Falconer. Marris wants to change the law to […]
The assisted suicide of Gill Pharaoh reminds us that there are actually limits to choice
You can listen to my interview on this case on BBC West Midlands here. Last week I was contacted by the Sunday Times who were planning to run a high profile story about a 75 year old retired nurse being helped to kill herself in Switzerland. The story of Gill Pharaoh’s death was later published last […]
The wisdom of Solomon is needed in today’s surrogacy cases
Disturbing stories on surrogacy are hitting the headlines on a regular basis at the moment. Last week we heard about a surrogate mother who changed her mind about handing over the child she carried, to the gay couple who had paid £9,000 ‘expenses’ for her to do so. The baby boy is not genetically […]
Off Target? Do we have faith in the Sustainable Development Goals?
I remember sitting in a small room at Trinity Western University, British Columbia on a hot day in July 2003, hearing about an exciting, new, joint initiative of the World Evangelical Alliance and the Micah Network for Integral Mission. Called ‘The Micah Challenge’, its aim was to wake the worldwide church up to the opportunity to […]
Disabled people assemble mass lobby to urge MPs to reject assisted suicide bill
Disabled people descended on Westminster today in droves to lobby MPs on Rob Marris’s Assisted Dying (no 2) Bill. Marris wants to give adults who are terminally ill and mentally competent the ‘right’ to have assistance to kill themselves using lethal drugs on the say-so of two doctors and one high court judge. The bill […]
Excluding the spiritual from patient care: what is the NMC up to?
In some ways, it speaks of the nature of our times that we have created a special category of care and labelled it ‘spiritual’.  In truth, all nursing and medical care has recognised that spiritual needs exist and need to be paid attention to as part of the proper care of any patient.  These spiritual needs are variously defined, […]
Experts in care of the elderly speak out strongly against assisted suicide
The leading organisation representing health professionals caring for the elderly in Britain has this last week spoken out strongly against the legalisation of assisted suicide. The British Geriatrics Society is the professional body of specialists in the health care of older people in the United Kingdom. It has over 2,750 members worldwide and draws together experts from all […]