The Medical Profession has a long history of being the guardian not only of ethical matters regarding medicine but also where medical matters impact on the community and community health. This is as true – if not more true – in our time. Freedom to debate and educate on contentious matters via the media of the time is essential in every age.
Upholding the Honour and Integrity of the Medical Profession
For the Future of Medicine – Reflections on 56 years
My Colours to the Mast. Will you join me?
Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling. Psalm 2:10 NIV.
There are two mutually exclusive “affirming” pathways for the young child wishing to transgender
i.e. affirming and reassuring of birth sex
vs affirming of feeling sex,
and only one of them can be right
and only one can be labelled as child abuse.
Governments may legislate to permit certain practices or procedures but governments must never force doctors to violate their conscience by compulsory engagement in such practices or procedures. The Independence of the medical profession is critical – belief in practice as enshrined in the international covenants of the UDHR and ICCPR and non-derogable, that cannot be overridden even in national emergency (article 4 ICCPR).
Three months ago I would have been confident we would win the conversion therapy battle and now we have lost in two states
Our God is a God of miracles. Friends, let us pray that God will give us at least a temporary respite against this relentless push. Yes, please Lord God may You turn back the evils of abortion in NSW, euthanasia/PAS in WA, transgenderism nationally and enshrine freedom of belief in our land.
Dear friend, as outlined in a previous article our freedom to believe, to speak of that which we believe – yes, even around the kitchen table – to teach that which we believe, and have it taught in our chosen educational facilities by teachers that also share these beliefs and values, is under threat in our nation as never before
The most extraordinary thing is that this propagation of madness on our small children is by state indoctrination through our education system by legislation including the threatened criminalisation of professionals who do not affirm the transition of gender in counselling.
…to have a fair go has been a part of our national identity and heritage and is now, once again, being promoted as a political slogan. These values, these freedoms are at risk with many of the policies being promoted at this election time – paradoxically by those shouting loudest about the fair go.
