It has emerged over the weekend that an owner of a UK sperm bank may have biologically fathered up to 600 children. One of his biological children has suggested the number may even be as high as one thousand children! Bertold Wiesner ran a controversial […]
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Philippa Taylor
Philippa Taylor was Head of Public Policy at CMF until September 2019 and now works with CARE. She has an MA in Bioethics from St Mary’s University College and a background in policy work on bioethics and family issues.
Recent blog posts written by Philippa Taylor
Abortion and mental health: the ‘debate’ continues for psychiatrists (or does it?)
Anyone interested in understanding more about the effects of abortion on the mental health of women, and any psychiatrists reading this, will find a new online article by consultant psychiatrist, Dr Previn Thevathasan, of interest. As well as briefly reviewing a few of the main […]
Pro-lifers come in every age, gender, political persuasion, colour and faith
It is a well-known tactic for the pro-abortion movement to stereotype those who are pro-life. Most commonly, anyone who is pro-life is assumed to be religious and anti-feminist. This is a stereotype that needs to be regularly challenged. It is important to hear pro-life defences […]
Limited consent for presumed consent legislation
Controversial Welsh plans to introduce new legislation on organ donation have moved nearer by another small step. Following the Welsh Assembly public consultation on ‘presumed consent’ to organ donation on death (more on the terminology used later in this blog) at the beginning of this year, […]
‘After-birth Abortion’ – otherwise known as infanticide – is the logical consequence of abortion
A leading British medical journal this week has published an article calling for the introduction of infanticide for social and medical reasons. The article in the Journal of Medical Ethics, entitled ‘After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?’ states in its abstract: ‘After-birth abortion (killing […]