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| − | Dr [[Trevor Stammers]] is a moral conservative activist, practicing GP for over 30 years and Programme Director in Bioethics and Medical Law at [[Queen Mary University College]].<ref>Queen Mary University College [http://www.smuc.ac.uk/tph/staff/trevor-stammers.htm Trevor Stammers], accessed 21 March 201</ref> He was Chair of the [[Christian Medical Fellowship]] from 2007 to June 2009<ref>Letters [http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/oct/16/health.comment Keeping faith on abortion] ''The Guardian'', Tuesday 16 October 2007</ref><ref>Christian Medical Fellowship [http://www.cmf.org.uk/publications/authors/?id=20 Trevor Stammers], accessed 23 March 2012 </ref> and is a long time trustee of the [[Family Education Trust]].<ref name="About2012">Family Education Trust [http://www.famyouth.org.uk/about.php About], Accessed 21 March 2012</ref> | + | Dr [[Trevor Stammers]] is a moral conservative activist, practicing GP for over 30 years and Programme Director in Bioethics and Medical Law at [[Queen Mary University College]].<ref>Queen Mary University College [http://www.smuc.ac.uk/tph/staff/trevor-stammers.htm Trevor Stammers], accessed 21 March 201</ref> He was Chair of the [[Christian Medical Fellowship]] from 2007 to June 2009<ref>Letters [http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/oct/16/health.comment Keeping faith on abortion] ''The Guardian'', Tuesday 16 October 2007</ref><ref>Christian Medical Fellowship [http://www.cmf.org.uk/publications/authors/?id=20 Trevor Stammers], accessed 23 March 2012 </ref> and is a long time trustee of the [[Family Education Trust]].<ref name="About2012">Family Education Trust [http://www.famyouth.org.uk/about.php About], Accessed 21 March 2012</ref> He is also a trustee of [[Challenge Team UK]]. <ref> Charity Commission, [http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1058747&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Challenge Team UK], accessed 29 March 2012 </ref> |
| + | ==Views== | ||
| + | ===Abortion=== | ||
In 2010 he presented an edition of the Channel Four series 4though.tv, two minute opinion slots. Channel Four stated that 'Dr Trevor Stammers is a Christian who has been a practising GP for over 30 years. He refuses to personally refer women for abortions and believes there is a growing uneasiness in the medical profession about the vast numbers of abortions performed simply because women see children as a "social inconvenience".'<ref> [http://www.channel4.com/programmes/4thoughttv/4od#3227830 Is abortion ever justified?] Tuesday 16 November 2010, 7.55PM Channel 4, accessed 21 March 2012</ref> | In 2010 he presented an edition of the Channel Four series 4though.tv, two minute opinion slots. Channel Four stated that 'Dr Trevor Stammers is a Christian who has been a practising GP for over 30 years. He refuses to personally refer women for abortions and believes there is a growing uneasiness in the medical profession about the vast numbers of abortions performed simply because women see children as a "social inconvenience".'<ref> [http://www.channel4.com/programmes/4thoughttv/4od#3227830 Is abortion ever justified?] Tuesday 16 November 2010, 7.55PM Channel 4, accessed 21 March 2012</ref> | ||
| − | == | + | Stammers was Programme Director of the 2010-11 MA in Bioethics and Medical Law at St Mary's University College, London, TW1. <ref> http://www.cmf.org.uk/publications/content.asp?context=article&id=25577 MA in Bioethics and Medical Law], Christian Medical Fellowship, accessed 25 March 2011 </ref> |
| − | + | ===Gay rights=== | |
| + | Stammers argues that homosexuality is against Christian teaching. In 1999 he wrote: 'We cannot compromise on what God says about sex... it seems clear that biblically, coitus is only permitted within the commitment of heterosexual marriage.' Those who ignore this 'fall short of God's standard'.<ref>Dr Trevor Stammers/Donald Dewar, [http://www.cmf.org.uk/publications/content.asp?context=article&id=734 Head to Head: Homosexuality], Nucleus pp34-35, Autumn 1999, Christian Medical Fellowship </ref> | ||
| + | ==Publications== | ||
| + | *Trevor Stammers & Tim Doak, ''Saving Sex (Answers to Teenagers' Questions about Relationship and Sex)'', Authentic (2006) ISBN: 9781904753148 | ||
| + | *Dr Trevor Stammers/Donald Dewar, [http://www.cmf.org.uk/publications/content.asp?context=article&id=734 Head to Head: Homosexuality], Nucleus pp34-35, Autumn 1999, Christian Medical Fellowship | ||
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| + | ==Affiliations== | ||
| + | *[[Christian Medical Fellowship]] | ||
| + | *[[Family Education Trust]] | ||
| + | *[[St Mary's University College]], London, | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
[[Category:Christian Right]] | [[Category:Christian Right]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:12, 29 March 2012
Dr Trevor Stammers is a moral conservative activist, practicing GP for over 30 years and Programme Director in Bioethics and Medical Law at Queen Mary University College.[1] He was Chair of the Christian Medical Fellowship from 2007 to June 2009[2][3] and is a long time trustee of the Family Education Trust.[4] He is also a trustee of Challenge Team UK. [5]
Views
Abortion
In 2010 he presented an edition of the Channel Four series 4though.tv, two minute opinion slots. Channel Four stated that 'Dr Trevor Stammers is a Christian who has been a practising GP for over 30 years. He refuses to personally refer women for abortions and believes there is a growing uneasiness in the medical profession about the vast numbers of abortions performed simply because women see children as a "social inconvenience".'[6]
Stammers was Programme Director of the 2010-11 MA in Bioethics and Medical Law at St Mary's University College, London, TW1. [7]
Gay rights
Stammers argues that homosexuality is against Christian teaching. In 1999 he wrote: 'We cannot compromise on what God says about sex... it seems clear that biblically, coitus is only permitted within the commitment of heterosexual marriage.' Those who ignore this 'fall short of God's standard'.[8]
Publications
- Trevor Stammers & Tim Doak, Saving Sex (Answers to Teenagers' Questions about Relationship and Sex), Authentic (2006) ISBN: 9781904753148
- Dr Trevor Stammers/Donald Dewar, Head to Head: Homosexuality, Nucleus pp34-35, Autumn 1999, Christian Medical Fellowship
Affiliations
Notes
- ↑ Queen Mary University College Trevor Stammers, accessed 21 March 201
- ↑ Letters Keeping faith on abortion The Guardian, Tuesday 16 October 2007
- ↑ Christian Medical Fellowship Trevor Stammers, accessed 23 March 2012
- ↑ Family Education Trust About, Accessed 21 March 2012
- ↑ Charity Commission, Challenge Team UK, accessed 29 March 2012
- ↑ Is abortion ever justified? Tuesday 16 November 2010, 7.55PM Channel 4, accessed 21 March 2012
- ↑ http://www.cmf.org.uk/publications/content.asp?context=article&id=25577 MA in Bioethics and Medical Law], Christian Medical Fellowship, accessed 25 March 2011
- ↑ Dr Trevor Stammers/Donald Dewar, Head to Head: Homosexuality, Nucleus pp34-35, Autumn 1999, Christian Medical Fellowship
