British Section of the World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life

Although the Doctors' Federation is based on Hippocratic ethics, not religious faith, we totally support the stand taken by the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship against the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.

Below is their latest information.  Please come to their rally in Old Palace Yard at 2pm on 15th January 2008 if you can.

TIME TO STAND - HFE Bill Rally

Date: 8/Jan/2008

Date: 15th January 2008
Time: 2-3.30pm
Place: Old Palace Yard (opposite the House of Lords)

The House of Lords is meeting on 15th January for the first day of the Report stage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill to vote on the proposed amendments to the Bill. This Bill strikes at the very heart of our civilisation and questions what it means to be human.

The issues the Lords will be voting on include:

- The creation of animal-human hybrid embryos
- Tissue typing to create ‘saviour siblings’
- The ‘need for a father’ consideration in IVF treatment

While the Lords are meeting on 15th January, we will be holding a rally outside the House of Lords in Old Palace Yard, SW1P 3JY at 2.00pm - 3.30pm, to take a stand to protect the family, the unborn child/the embryo and human dignity.

This rally will be the first in a series of rallies called ‘Time To Stand’. We hope to hold rallies on each of the days that important votes are taken on issues that strike at the heart of God’s purposes for our society, in the Lords or the Commons. It is important that as many people as possible attend Parliament for the rallies on the days when votes are being taken on these issues. We need to send the message that these issues cannot be swept under the carpet, and that the dignity of the human embryo, and the family are things that the public care deeply about and will have a massive future impact on the well being of the Nation.

Please put this date in your diary. It would be helpful for us to have an idea of numbers that are coming and we would be grateful if you would email Simone Lamont or call 020 7407 6157 if you would like to attend.