Submissions

CMF regularly makes submissions to Government and other consultations on issues of ethical importance. All of our submissions are accessible here.

CMF Response to the UN-NGLS Civil Society Consultation for the Secretary-General, General Assembly and OWG on SDGs on the Report of the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (Post-2015 HLP) (31/07/2013)

Introduction CMF appreciates the opportunity to engage with the UN-NGLS Civil Society consultation process. Our comments are focussed on the High Level Panel (Post-2015 HLP) report on the five transformational...

Consultation on publication of abortion statistics: proposals for changes to the annual abortion statistics publication (10/06/2013)

The Department of Health consultation on the collection of abortion statistics will be used to help develop the Abortion Statistics Bulletin. The CMF submission raised concerns about inaccuracy of abortion...

Protection Of Life During Pregnancy (Heads Of) Bill 2013 (22/05/2013)

The Irish Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children requested written submissions from interested individuals and groups in respect of its consideration of the Outline Heads of the Protection of...

Submission to a Inquiry into Abortion on the Grounds of Disability (11/03/2013)

A cross party Parliamentary Inquiry has been set up to review the law on abortion for disability, with a particular focus on whether it is discriminatory or not. The Inquiry...

Submission to a Scottish Parliament Inquiry into teenage pregnancy (05/02/2013)

This CMF submission is a response to a Scottish Parliament inquiry which was set up to review policy at a national and local to reduce teenage pregnancy rates. The inquiry...

Welsh Government Draft Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill (18/01/2013)

This final public consultation on organ donation by the Welsh Assembly Health and Social Care Committee concerns a draft bill that will introduce presumed consent for organ donation for the...

Faith Matters - the contribution of faith to health and healthcare in the post 2015 agenda (10/01/2013)

This paper is submitted by the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) (1), a network of 4,000 doctors and 800 medical students in the UK. We have a strong interest in global...

Submission to the HFEA Review of scientific methods to avoid mitochondrial disease - 7 December 2012 (30/11/2012)

The UK government regulator for embryo research, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, is consulting on new proposals to allow scientists to create children with three, or even four, parents...

Organ Donation in Wales: A letter to the Shadow Minister for Health (22/11/2012)

In an effort to improve organ donation rates, the Welsh Government intends to introduce a system of presumed, or deemed, consent to Wales. When a person dies without having expressed...

Submission to a cross-party parliamentary inquiry into unwanted pregnancy (28/09/2012)

This CMF submission is a response to a cross-party inquiry, chaired by Amber Rudd MP, set up to explore and understand the underlying factors behind unwanted pregnancies in the UK,...