“At the heart of this (fire) tragedy” writes George Megalogenis in The Weekend Australian Feb14-15 2009 “is a clear failure of public policy, and official imagination.” Sound familiar? The US inquiry into September 11th 2001 found that there was a failure to realise the threat, a failure to be organised and watchful, a failure to share information, [...]
Conflict in Medicine – Reflections on the Abortion Bill That such a bill could be approved by MPs in Australia really stretches credibility e.g. a doctor must perform an emergency abortion when the mother’s life is in danger. As has been said by others, this situation is a “clinical fiction” but why not just induce labour? Why [...]
UPDATE Monday 29 Sept. The detailed letter from Victorian doctors has now been shortened Doctors in Conscience Against Abortion Bill. It is still worth Victorian doctors signing on by contacting Dr Eamonn Mathieson eamonn.1@bigpond.net.au. The longer letter is still available. A new website is up and partially running doctorsconscience.org Non-Victorian doctors can still sign in to the letter below or [...]
Dear MP, Re Abortion Law Reform Bill 2008. We write in support of the letter Doctors in Conscience Against Abortion Bill from medical practitioners in Victoria . That letter identifies problems with the bill and we urge reading before casting a conscience vote. The purpose of this letter is to highlight some of the consequences to [...]
To all MLCs Victoria We are writing to you as a group of concerned medical practitioners to ask you to reject the proposed Abortion Law Reform Bill 2008 which seeks to decriminalise abortion in this state. We consider the legislation to be fundamentally flawed and deficient in its understanding of current medical and [...]
www.doctorsconscience.org We are a newly formed group of Victorian doctors from a range of medical specialities, with diverse backgrounds, representing various faiths and none. We call upon the Victorian government to reject the Abortion Law Reform Bill 2008 We consider the proposed legislation to be poorly framed and unnecessarily coercive. It is based on false [...]
The Belt of Truth A site dedicated to truth and its proclamation Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist (Paul to the Church at Ephesus, NIV Chapter 6, verse 14) It is comparatively easy to recognise evil lies. Combating such may literally be placing one’s head on a block. Lies [...]