Saunders, Peter
7 Articles at Lifeissues.net

Dr Peter Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO ofChristian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organisation with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. This article has been cross-posted from his blog, Christian Medical Comment.

Articles

Eugenics: could screening for Down Syndrome bring us full-circle?

Is it wrong to kill disabled people if caring for them costs more than identifying and destroying them? About 90 percent of all babies with Down Syndrome detected before birth are terminated. There is no doubt that providing life-time support for people with Down Syndrome can be costly in emotional and economic terms - but many families will testify that there are great rewards too and that they have much to teach us. So what does this tell us about our attitudes to people with Down Syndrome? Why are we not up in arms against these doctors who seem to value these people's lives so cheaply?

Date posted: 2016-10-16

Celebrate me - or else

The enemy's goal is to undermine real marriage and the family. We must resist him with every fibre of our being - through speaking up for the truth and by faithfully upholding God's model in our personal lives and Christian communities.

Date posted: 2015-05-26

Turning a blind eye

Illegal abortion and perjury are frequent in Britain but the law does nothing.

Date posted: 2014-01-24

Profound wonder is the way to welcome babies with fatal conditions

More on that later, but first, at the risk of being accused of trying to defend the 'indefensible', let me give twenty reasons why I believe parents (and doctors) should think twice about aborting a baby with anencephaly, and why I believe we as a society should be advocating an alternative approach.

Date posted: 2013-11-04

Wheelchair advice

Stephen Hawking's genius and brave struggle with motor neurone disease do not mean he is right on assisted suicide.

Date posted: 2013-09-21

Euthanasia speeches

Collection of Euthanasia speeches from the CNK Rally held in July 2012" />

Date posted: 2013-01-01

I'm coming out as a "homosceptic"

Dictionaries need a new word to describe disagreement with some of the key precepts of the gay lobby.

Date posted: 2011-06-24