The Ethical Crisis in our Parliaments “Recent atrocious laws about abortion and embryonic stem cell research only passed by one or two votes. Will the same happen with euthanasia, assisted suicide and cloning? Why wouldn’t it? If we do not encourage people with strong Christian values about life, marriage and family to enter parliament, nothing […]
Listen to this marvellous piece of narrative from the Old Testament somewhere around 2,500-3,000 years ago. The background is that Jeremiah the prophet has just dictated a judgment against the king but with an opportunity to change his ways and thus save Jerusalem from destruction. The scribe is Jehudi. It was the ninth month and […]
The shedding of innocent blood Preamble to prayer of repentance at National Solemn Assembly, Canberra 9-11 March 2007 with specific reference to abortion and cloning. The profession of medicine has a long and noble history of skill and compassion.The teachers I had in medical school were honourable and moral and many of them were Christian. But […]
A Comment on the Lockhart Review Committee Report for Christian Leaders The Human Embryo, Cloning and Medicine without Morality A need for strong, ethical leadership by Government. Executive Summary The recommendations of the Lockhart Legislation Review Committee cross moral boundaries that ought never to be crossed. These include the deliberate creation of human life for the […]
Legislation Review Committee Secretariat PO Box 4226 Manuka, ACT 2603 Legislation Review of Australia’s Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 and Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002. Submission on behalf of Christian Democratic Party (WA Branch) GPO Box Z5041 Perth WA 6831 cdpwa@iinet.net.au Dr Lachlan Dunjey MBBS FRACGP DObstRCOG 0407 937 513 lachlan@dunjey.name General Comments: […]
We decided to talk to Dr Lachlan Dunjey, a medical practitioner who was President of our Baptist Churches in 1989-90 and has been one of our spokespeople in matters of ethics and morals. We’ve all heard about Dolly the sheep – how close are we really to cloning human beings? The recent announcement by a U.S. […]
