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Down syndrome

‘I don’t want a baby like that’

December 11, 2019 Written by New Technologies , Start of Life

The Sunday Times this weekend reported that ‘the number of babies born with Down’s syndrome has fallen by 30% in NHS hospitals that have introduced a new form of screening.’ This new test, NIPT (non- invasive prenatal testing), is safer than amniocentesis, but Down syndrome […]

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Abortion and breast cancer: the link that dares not speak its name

October 7, 2019 Written by Start of Life

As this is the last blog that I will write for CMF, I thought I’d write it on a topic that I believe is hugely important and highly controversial but one where findings are hidden and suppressed. Patrick Carrol, in an article in the Journal […]

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UK Government using ‘strategies of concealment’ to hide its imposition of abortion on developing countries

September 26, 2019 Written by Global Health and Mission , Start of Life

The UK Government assures us (taxpayers) that any public money given for abortion in developing countries is used in accordance with the receiving nation’s legislation. In a Parliamentary answer the Minister of State for International Development clearly stated that: ‘UK aid cannot be used to […]

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Surrogacy: Isn’t there a better way?

September 23, 2019 Written by Society , Start of Life

A major consultation on surrogacy is proposing significant – and concerning – changes to the law and regulation of surrogacy arrangements in the UK. Back in 2017, the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission were asked to conduct a review […]

Abortion pill reversal: a chance for a change of mind

Abortion pill reversal: a chance for a change of mind

September 2, 2019 Written by Medical Practice , Start of Life

How many of us have ever made a really big decision in life and then changed our mind? I suspect quite a few of us.  And if there was any ambivalence in the initial decision, then a subsequent change of mind is even more possible. […]