Author: Dr. Peter Saunders

Parents need to be informed about research demonstrating the positive impact on families of having a child with Down Syndrome

By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. All this month we are publishing new stories and reposting especially encouraging older posts about the blessings of families with children with Down syndrome. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK …

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Dignity in Dying’s response to British Supreme Court ruling reveals its real agenda

By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. “Gosport” refers to the scandal at the hospital in Hampshire in which the lives of 456 patients were “shortened” through the excessive use …

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British Supreme Court rules that doctors can remove food and fluids from brain-damaged patients without going to court

By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. Should doctors be able to withdraw food and fluids from severely brain-damaged people who are not imminently dying? And if so, in what …

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Ireland votes to legalise abortion – a desperately sad day

By Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. This is excerpted from a post from his webpage and is reposted with permission. On Friday May 25, 2018 Irish voters backed the legalisation of …

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Conway assisted suicide case – autonomy is not absolute and this latest appeal should be dismissed

By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. A 67-year-old Shropshire man with motor neurone disease (MND) who wants help from doctors to kill himself has been granted permission to appeal an …

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Some Big Public Policy Challenges in Bioethics we can expect in 2018

By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. This is excerpted from a longer post found here. As we look forward to the challenges that 2018 will bring I am struggling …

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Parents should be informed about research demonstrating the positive impact on families of having a child with Down Syndrome

By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. All this month we are publishing new stories and reposting especially encouraging older posts about the blessings of families with children with Down syndrome. I’m grateful to Kathy Sinott at EWTN for alerting me to an article by Rebecca Taylor which led me …

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A change in the law to allow assisted suicide is dangerous and unnecessary

By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. A 67-year-old Shropshire man with motor neurone disease (MND) is seeking to overturn the law banning assisted suicide. Noel Conway is backed by …

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Over 1,000 doctors reject BMA abortion decriminalization motion 50 – this is why

By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Yesterday we reposted Dr. Saunders’ brilliant “Reflections on the BMA’s vote to ‘decriminalize’ abortion – ten key observations.”  The essay was comprised of his analysis of the British Medical Association’s decision, the result of which means all abortions would be legal. The following post preceded that June 27 vote …

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The Culture of Life – Keynote Speech for the Alliance of Pro-Life Students’ Celebration & Fundraiser 2016

Editor’s note. This is a very long post, but I highly recommend that you take the time to read Dr. Peter Saunders’ keynote address at the  Alliance of Pro-Life Students’ Celebration & Fundraiser 2016 held in London October 20, 2016. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based …

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Parents should be informed about research demonstrating the positive impact on families of having a child with Down Syndrome

By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. All this month we are publishing new stories and reposting especially encouraging older posts about the blessings of families with children with Down syndrome. I’m grateful to Kathy Sinott at EWTN for alerting me to an article by Rebecca Taylor which led me …

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Eugenics-has Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing for Down Syndrome brought us full-circle?

By Dr. Peter Saunders Is it wrong to kill disabled people if caring for them costs more than identifying and destroying them? The Nazis believed killing in these circumstances was not only right but a public duty. And the German public was softened up to accept it through a skilful propaganda campaign which began in …

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