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The case of a junior doctor denied a post on the General Practice Training Scheme because he refused to clerk patients for elective abortions has caused a media storm in Scotland, re-igniting the debate about abortion and conscientious objection. Dr Everett Julyan, a member of CMF, said that two members...
The abortion and conscientious objection debate was re-ignited this March when a CMF member was denied a general practice rotation because he refused to clerk patients for elective abortions. When asked, Dr Everett Julyan told the interview panel that he would neither prepare patients for nor perform abortions because of...
A third of junior doctors are refusing on moral grounds to perform abortions according to a study conducted by the Abortion Law Reform Association (ALRA).[1] In some NHS hospitals all juniors have exercised their right to conscientious objection under the 1968 Abortion Act. David Paintin, emeritus reader in gynaecology and...
Imagine your medical student days are over and you are now a general practitioner. You are doing a clinic and the following cases present. Would you consider or even recommend abortion? Case one: A pastor and his wife who are extremely poor, have 14 children and mounting debt, are now...
Rejected, before I was born. Flesh to ashes, a new burned babe. Incinerated, denied the privilege of life, to kick and to squeal as a new born babe. I had no defence, a mighty small mite, growing, waiting, waiting in the womb, for freedom and life. Innocent, ignorant of my fate, Coaxed to come early, a strange...
1. Surely we can't return to the days of back street abortionists and abortion tourism? The argument that 'safe and legal' abortion is necessary to stop 'thousands of women' dying at the hands of back street abortionists is ill-founded. Claims about death rates have been wildly exaggerated; take for eample the...
Isn't the fetus only a potential human being? This is the key issue. Biologically the fetus is undoubtedly human; it has human chromosomes derived from human gametes. It is also alive, exhibiting movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion and nutrition. It is therefore more accurate to speak of it as a...
Four million abortions have been performed in Britain since the passing of the Abortion Act in 1967. There is now one abortion for every four live births. The typical woman having an abortion today is single, under 25 and in her first pregnancy. In 98.6% of cases the justification given...
Those of us who have been involved in pro-life debates have at regular intervals been confronted with the arguments relating to the use of fetal tissue in transplantation. Does a Christian belief allow us to become involved in fetal transplantation or should we oppose its use? Before considering the moral...
Despite improvements in sex education and an increasing awareness of methods of contraception, over 170,000 terminations are carried out each year in England and Wales. Doctors who are faced with women experiencing unplanned or 'crisis' pregnancies often find themselves in a dilemma. Do they sign the authorisation form and ignore...
