As I write this post, debate rages in the US Congress over the cuts in this year’s budget – with the Republican majority seeking over $100 billion in cuts over and above Obama’s already cut down proposals. Time to accept this as a symptom of […]
Open letter to David Cameron about lack of transparency, bias and undue haste of RCOG abortion consultation
Dear David, I am writing to express serious concern about the lack of transparency and undue haste surrounding the process by which the RCOG guideline ‘The care of women requesting induced abortion’ is currently being revised. This RCOG guideline, which provides the basis for the […]
Philip Nitschke is back in the British Isles but is not finding a warm reception for his ‘how to commit suicide’ seminars
The Australian assisted suicide enthusiast Philip Nitschke (aka ‘Dr Death’), of Exit International, is again visiting the British Isles but his tour is not going at all well. Thus far two of his five meetings have been cancelled whilst protesters outnumbered attendees at a third. […]
Latest developments in RCOG abortion guideline saga and my letter to the College President along with reply
Today we learnt, in response (pasted below) to a Parliamentary question by Nadine Dorries MP (pictured), that we have another week until 25 February to make submissions to the RCOG consultation on the new draft abortion guideline ‘The care of women requesting induced abortion’. This […]
New RCOG guidance misleading on effects of abortion on women
I never cease to be amazed by the accelerating rate at which new government and other official ‘consultations’ on important matters of public policy are appearing. The faster they come, the less they are publicised and the shorter the deadlines – meaning that it is […]