Submissions

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

Scottish Government: Consultation on Future Arrangements for Early Medical Abortion at Home (25/11/2020)

The Scottish Government is considering whether the current provision for early medical abortions at home, that were introduced during the first lockdown, should be made permanent even after there is...

Submission on Section 9 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Act 2019 on the introduction of regulations to govern the provision of abortion services in NI (27/05/2020)

Section 9 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Act 2019, introduced by the Westminster Parliament whilst the Northern Ireland (NI) Assembly was suspended, instructed the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) to...

DHSC consultation on storage times for frozen embryos and gametes (27/05/2020)

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (amended in 2008), sets the storage period for embryos and gametes stored for fertility treatment at a maximum of 10 years. The Act...

Consultation by the Scottish Government on reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (28/02/2020)

The Scottish Government is consulting on a plan to make the existing process to obtain legal recognition under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 a better service for those trans and...

A New Legal Framework for Abortion Services in Northern Ireland (17/12/2019)

Under the terms of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Act 2019, recently passed by the Parliament, and in the continuing absence of a sitting Assembly in Belfast, the UK Government...

Building families through surrogacy: a new law (22/10/2019)

Surrogacy has been around for a very long time. However, the development of surrogacy that does not use the surrogate's own eggs, has only been possible following the development of...

Organs and tissues to be excluded from the new system of organ and tissue donation in England (known as “opt-out” or “deemed consent”) (20/08/2019)

The government recently passed a law to change the rules for organ donation in England from 2020. The law introduced a system commonly called "opt-out" or "deemed consent".When the law...

General Pharmaceutical Council: draft proposed guidance for pharmacist prescribers (01/07/2019)

The guidance sets out nine key areas that relate to the provision of safe and effective prescribing and are, for the most part, non-contentious. However, no provision for freedom of...

(19/06/2019)

NICE (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) has consulted in its new draft guidance for Termination of Pregnancy. This guidance would make the process of accessing an...

The Science and Technology Committee inquiry into commercial genomics: Response from the Christian Medical Fellowship (23/04/2019)

CMF has submitted a response to an inquiry into commercial genomic testing. Given the limited benefits and the serious dangers of obtaining genetic information in this setting, there are reasons...