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Written Evidence from CMF to the Joint Parliamentary Committee's consideration of the (Draft) Human Tissue and Embryos Bill (11/06/2007)
1. Christian Medical Fellowship's status The Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) is an interdenominational organisation, founded in 1949, with more than 4,500 British doctors as members. All are Christians who desire...
Early in 2007 a parliamentary committee met to discuss the technological and ethical issues surrounding any possible mixing together of human and animal species. They sat as a response to proposed legislation which, if enacted, would have banned such work. After effective lobbying from scientists and other associated interest groups,...
Science must operate within ethical boundaries says CMF (05/04/2007)
Christian Medical Fellowship has reaffirmed its opposition to the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos. CMF, Britain's largest group of Christian doctors, was responding to the House of Commons...
Response from CMF to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee's new Inquiry into Government Proposals for the Regulation of Hybrid and Chimera Embryos (22/01/2007)
Executive Summary - (numbers refer to paragraphs) 1-3. We introduce Christian Medical Fellowship's status and relevant core beliefs, and list relevant submissions made to other recent inquiries. 4-5. We...
All human enhancement technologies, start from the premise that we can overcome present limitations. A consistent desire is to develop anti-ageing technologies. Transhumanists take the idea a step further with the aim of engineering a 'better' human being. This could be via genetic enhancement or the development of human-machine cyborgs,...
The suggestion that technology is constantly outstripping our ability to react ethically and morally has been a frequent refrain in recent decades. This is not a superficial phenomenon, but goes right to the heart of our deepest commitments as inhabitants of modern Western culture. How should Christians think about technology?...
Future Technologies will create New Ethical Conflicts for Christian Health Professionals says Chrisitan Medical Fellowship (29/09/2004)
CMF conference to address impact of future technologies on medicine, science and society The Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF), in tandem with Christians in Science, is to host a conference...
New Scanning Technique is a Two-edge Sword, says Christian Medical Fellowship (02/07/2004)
CMF has welcomed the new ultrasound scanning technique announced this week, but warned that it will ask deep questions of us as a society. ‘This new technology is a wonderful...
Cybernetics may one day help the blind to see and the lame to walk…[1] …few things could actually be bigger than nanotechnology in terms of potential to revolutionize scientific and engineering research, improve human health and bolster our economy...[2] We face the prospect of a century dominated by biotechnology challenges....
HFEA's designer baby precedent unethical and dangerous (13/12/2001)
CMF has responded to the HFEA's decision to allow IVF technology to produce tissue matched donors for the treatment of children with severe inherited disorders by saying the precedent is...
