We work for public policy on all medical issues to be evidence-based and directed towards enhancing dignity and wellbeing of people and of other animals that feel and suffer.
We support evidence-based policies in public medicine and public health and interventions that are calculated to improve health and wellbeing for all, for example: vaccinations being offered in all schools; fluoride being present in tap water; folic acid being included in flour; and public education efforts to enable people to identify and challenge false medical claims.
When medical advances lead to new ethical considerations, we want policy and the law to be determined on the basis of both human rights and what would be to the greatest benefit of humans and other animals.
We want full access to contraception and sexual health services as a routine part of healthcare for all people. We want abortion decriminalised and made available as part of freely and locally available healthcare, which can be accessed without harassment or intimidation.
We want the choice of assisted dying for any competent adult who is terminally ill or incurably suffering to be legal.
Doctrine is out of place in the sick room.
Like most humanists, I try to make decisions using facts – whether these are provided from experience, by science or by history.
