Challenging false claims that science supports policies that oppose Christian values
An important guide to the truth behind claims that “medical science” supports public policies which oppose Christian ethics on subjects such as abortion, assisted suicide, embryo research and same-sex 'marriage', has been published by Dr Peter Saunders of the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF).
Two articles in the latest edition of Triple Helix make the case that financial or ideological vested interests can be used to stifle the truth when medical issues become highly politicised.
The articles question the way that British Royal Colleges have handled scientific evidence in their support for a certain public policy direction such as the banning of “change therapies” for people who have unwanted same-sex attraction. Dr Saunders quotes an article by retired GP, Peter May, who takes issue with the Royal College of Psychiatrists over their opposition to “change therapies'”, accusing the College of “locking itself into a 'born gay' ideology by ignoring the evidence to the contrary”.
He argues that many of those who occupy positions of influence “in our mountains of culture – universities, schools, media, judiciary, parliament institutions and entertainment industry – are actively hostile to Christianity and supportive of public policy directions consistent with a secular humanist agenda.”
He also refers to the contentious argument about a link between abortion and breast cancer, citing the Director of Research at the American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Donna Harrison, who says the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has misrepresented available scientific evidence to support its view that there is no link. She explains why a link between abortion and breast cancer is entirely biologically plausible and points out how oft-quoted studies which deny such a link “resort to errant methodology which obscures the actual scientific question they were purported to answer”.
Peter Saunders warns that democracies are susceptible to influence by “well organised minorities” and that “it is very clear, in this post-Christian society, that the corridors of power are increasingly filled by those who do not subscribe to a Christian worldview and values”.
The articles provide a good analysis of what real science actually says about same-sex attraction and abortion.
Many important resources on these topics can be found here >
