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The '''Secular Medical Forum''' (SMF) provides expert and professional advice and opinion to the National Secular Society (NSS) on issues related to healthcare and provides a forum for anyone interested in the intersection of healthcare and secularism.<ref name="about">{{REFweb
|url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/secular-medical-forum.html
|title=Secular Medical Forum
|accessdate=2022-03-07
}}</ref>
The SMF's main objective is to advocate the value of secularism/religious neutrality as a professional standard in healthcare. The SMF welcomes supporters of all faiths and none. '''It opposes religious influences in healthcare where these adversely affect the manner in which medical practice is performed.''' It campaigns to protect patients from the harm caused by the imposition of religious values and activities on patients and challenges traditional religious privileges in healthcare service provision or decision-making.<ref name="about"/>
The Secular Medical Forum was established following informal discussions at the AGM of the National Secular Society in November 2009. From 2010-2016 the SMF was supported by the NSS as an independent affiliated group. In 2017 the SMF became part of the NSS.<ref name="about"/>
== Recent news about [[circumcision]] ==
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2022/01/recent-studies-agree-the-risks-of-circumcision-outweigh-any-benefits-its-time-to-rethink-our-permissive-approach-to-genital-cutting
|title=Recent studies agree: the risks of circumcision outweigh any benefits. It’s time to rethink our permissive approach to genital cutting
|last=Lempert
|first=Antony
|init=A
|author-link=Antony Lempert
|date=2022-01-31
|accessdate=2022-03-07
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2021/06/all-children-should-have-the-right-to-refuse-circumcision
|title=All children should have the right to refuse circumcision
|last=Manson
|first=Megan
|init=M
|author-link=
|date=2021-06-21
|accessdate=2022-03-07
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2018/03/male-circumcision-is-an-issue-of-religious-freedom-and-should-be-prohibited-as-such
|title=Male circumcision is an issue of religious freedom - and should be prohibited as such
|last=McAdam
|first=Marika
|init=
|author-link=
|date=2018-03-06
|accessdate=2022-03-07
}}
{{LINKS}}
* {{URLwebsite|https://www.secularism.org.uk/|2022-03-07}}
{{REF}}
[[Category:Intactivism organization]]
[[Category:UK]]
|url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/secular-medical-forum.html
|title=Secular Medical Forum
|accessdate=2022-03-07
}}</ref>
The SMF's main objective is to advocate the value of secularism/religious neutrality as a professional standard in healthcare. The SMF welcomes supporters of all faiths and none. '''It opposes religious influences in healthcare where these adversely affect the manner in which medical practice is performed.''' It campaigns to protect patients from the harm caused by the imposition of religious values and activities on patients and challenges traditional religious privileges in healthcare service provision or decision-making.<ref name="about"/>
The Secular Medical Forum was established following informal discussions at the AGM of the National Secular Society in November 2009. From 2010-2016 the SMF was supported by the NSS as an independent affiliated group. In 2017 the SMF became part of the NSS.<ref name="about"/>
== Recent news about [[circumcision]] ==
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2022/01/recent-studies-agree-the-risks-of-circumcision-outweigh-any-benefits-its-time-to-rethink-our-permissive-approach-to-genital-cutting
|title=Recent studies agree: the risks of circumcision outweigh any benefits. It’s time to rethink our permissive approach to genital cutting
|last=Lempert
|first=Antony
|init=A
|author-link=Antony Lempert
|date=2022-01-31
|accessdate=2022-03-07
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2021/06/all-children-should-have-the-right-to-refuse-circumcision
|title=All children should have the right to refuse circumcision
|last=Manson
|first=Megan
|init=M
|author-link=
|date=2021-06-21
|accessdate=2022-03-07
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2018/03/male-circumcision-is-an-issue-of-religious-freedom-and-should-be-prohibited-as-such
|title=Male circumcision is an issue of religious freedom - and should be prohibited as such
|last=McAdam
|first=Marika
|init=
|author-link=
|date=2018-03-06
|accessdate=2022-03-07
}}
{{LINKS}}
* {{URLwebsite|https://www.secularism.org.uk/|2022-03-07}}
{{REF}}
[[Category:Intactivism organization]]
[[Category:UK]]