Antony Lempert

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.

[National Secular Society @NatSecSoc]

Our council member Dr Antony Lempert writes for charity @15__Square on the latest tragic death of an infant following ritual circumcision - and the calls for urgent legal reform.

@Seculant

https://t.co/h8tmixuGr8

[National Secular Society @NatSecSoc]

#Secularism2025

May also saw us join calls for legal reform around ritual circumcision after a second man was prosecuted for severe harm to children.

You can re-read the blog by @Seculant below:

https://t.co/I7VMSrwLVB

[Stephen Evans @Stephenmevans1]

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

https://t.co/7eYiG4Mv1V

[Antony Lempert @Seculant]

My @NatSecSoc blog discusses the absurd anomaly of ritual child circumcision.
https://t.co/nzTaapTz3p

Two convicted men this year is a positive small step towards protecting children from unjustifiable, unrestrained religious privilege.

[National Secular Society @NatSecSoc]

"It's time for legislators to take action. They must not be deterred by fears of offending religious sensibilities or baseless allegations of 'Islamophobia'."

https://t.co/qkUpGaAAf1

[National Secular Society @NatSecSoc]

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

[National Secular Society @NatSecSoc]

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 👇 https://t.co/F0avMpMtw8

[Jenny Jones @GreenJennyJones]

This really really is the chance to #VoteGreen to get Green.
We have common sense, well costed policies to help people and planet.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

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!

[Antony Lempert @Seculant]

@drquinngyn @NewYorkGuy6 Hello Dr Quinn, UK MD here: You seem to believe that children’s bodies are parents’ property rather than responsibility. What are your ethical limits on parental choice? Evidently not non-consenting genital modification affecting lifelong sexual experience

[Stephen Evans @Stephenmevans1]

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?
https://t.co/sDULJbnm1O

[Bloodstained Men @BloodstainedMen]

❝Religion should not be a roadblock to child safeguarding in healthcare. Circumcision is painful, perilous and permanent. It raises serious ethical questions.❞
https://t.co/7SDF1HfvSz
https://t.co/ZUanFN8n41
@NatSecSoc @Seculant

[Antony Lempert @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.

[National Secular Society @NatSecSoc]

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.
https://t.co/xbBhoaElOM

[Neena Jha @DrNeenaJha]

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?!

[Stephen Evans @Stephenmevans1]

The full paper – 'Roadblocks to reforming UK guidelines on medically unnecessary penile circumcision' – is open access and well worth a read.
https://t.co/IwpCCr0rp0

[Stephen Evans @Stephenmevans1]

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👇
https://t.co/OZaHdPbg5E

[Antony Lempert @Seculant]

My recent ethical paper https://t.co/H3wLe8ftO5 on the Roadblocks to reform of UK guidelines on medically unnecessary penile circumcision is summarised in National Secular Society blog https://t.co/AI6XVn5wdu Serious safeguarding concern hiding in plain sight.

[National Secular Society @NatSecSoc]

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👇 https://t.co/xbBhoaElOM

[GreenJJNews @GreenJJNews]

List your speech of the year. I'll start @GreenJennyJones "What do you call a government that..."

[Jenny Jones @GreenJennyJones]

In HoL we have been fighting against the #IllegalMigrationBill and its cruelty towards children.