Antony Lempert
@Seculant
Welsh Borders Rural GP & chair of Secular Medical Forum (SMF) of National Secular Society (NSS). Wild swimming and wilder singing. All tweets my own etc.
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Images from protests in Germany and England today calling for the release of Moroccan feminist and human rights defender Ibtissame Betty Lachgar, jailed for peaceful expression. Blasphemy is not a crime. #HumanRightsDay #FreeBetty secularism.org.uk/news/2025/11/h…
My @NatSecSoc blog discusses the absurd anomaly of ritual child circumcision. secularism.org.uk/opinion/2025/0… Two convicted men this year is a positive small step towards protecting children from unjustifiable, unrestrained religious privilege.
"It's time for legislators to take action. They must not be deterred by fears of offending religious sensibilities or baseless allegations of 'Islamophobia'." secularism.org.uk/news/2024/10/e…
We’re quoted in Sunday @Telegraph on two Islamic charities which hosted misogynistic messages. It’s outrageous that a charity has promoted the idea that it’s ok to hit a woman who refuses sex. @DominicPenna
62% of Brits would support a law prohibiting the #circumcision of children for non-medical reasons. Are you one of the 62%? Join our campaign 👇 secularism.org.uk/religious-surg…
This really really is the chance to #VoteGreen to get Green. We have common sense, well costed policies to help people and planet.
Adrian Ramsay, the Green candidate in Waveney Valley, says the General Election is an 'amazing opportunity' for his party. edp24.co.uk/news/24379149.… 👇 Full story
Just spoke to @Matthew_Wright on LBC about the TV debate last night. Polling consistently shows @TheGreenParty policies are most liked of all - people just don't hear from us enough. Amazing to see the response when a diversity of voices was actually given chance to debate!
No child should be subjected to the forced surgical removal of any part of their genitalia for non-medical reasons. Why is this such a difficult proposition? secularism.org.uk/religious-surg…
❝Religion should not be a roadblock to child safeguarding in healthcare. Circumcision is painful, perilous and permanent. It raises serious ethical questions.❞ secularism.org.uk/opinion/2024/0… journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14… @NatSecSoc @Seculant
Both @gmcuk & @TheBMA claim to have no policy re: cutting boys’ normal genitals when religious parents call for it. Truth is, it is only by asserting this, that they actively exclude boys from child safeguarding and ethical norms that would otherwise apply.
In a new paper, @Seculant describes an "active and singular exclusion of young boys" from safeguarding by the failure to reform guidance on non-therapeutic circumcision. secularism.org.uk/opinion/2024/0…
SALARY FACTS: MPs vs junior Doctors 2008: MPs – £61,820 1st year doctors – £28,274 2016: MPs – £74,962 1st year doctors – **£32,398 2023: MPs – £86,584 1st year doctors – **£32,398 And the government have the AUDACITY to call junior doctors greedy?!
The full paper – 'Roadblocks to reforming UK guidelines on medically unnecessary penile circumcision' – is open access and well worth a read. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…
A new paper published by the Clinical Ethics Journal exposes the ethical and safeguarding contradictions from UK medical bodies when it comes to religiously motivated circumcision of male infants. Read a brief summary from the author, @Seculant, here👇 secularism.org.uk/opinion/2024/0…
My recent ethical paper journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14… on the Roadblocks to reform of UK guidelines on medically unnecessary penile circumcision is summarised in National Secular Society blog secularism.org.uk/opinion/2024/0… Serious safeguarding concern hiding in plain sight.
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Roadblocks to reforming UK guidelines on medically unnecessary penile circumcision: inconsistent...
Medically unnecessary penile circumcision (MUPC) performed on a non-consenting child has been the subject of increasing critical attention in recent years. This...
A new paper highlights barriers to reforming guidance on non-therapeutic #circumcision. Author @Seculant explains why religion is one of the biggest barriers of all👇 secularism.org.uk/opinion/2024/0…
List your speech of the year. I'll start @GreenJennyJones "What do you call a government that..."
Baroness Jenny Jones in the House of Lords calling out fascism & dictatorship This is when the HOL is amazing, this is when they represent us, this is when they earn their titles 🔥🔥 Thank you for standing up to fascism @GreenJJNews 👏 #ToryFascists
In HoL we have been fighting against the #IllegalMigrationBill and its cruelty towards children.
➡️Read the letter to the editor in The Times from @AlfDubs and other former child refugees on the Kindertransport. thetimes.co.uk/article/times-…
Ask Labour peers to back the Fatal Motion in the Lords. Defend Parliamentary Democracy - Sign the Petition! chng.it/q4DGJmDZ via @UKChange
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A really important article which highlights the main issue with the country today Power of the right wing press - true even in a digital age. Should retweet the hell out of this - it is the number one enemy #ToriesOut326 #SunakOut217 #GeneralElectionNow bylinetimes.com/2023/05/18/its…
“The internal investigation” Church Times cartoonist nails it
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