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title: "Medical ethics"
date: "2025-03-28T16:51:25+00:00"
modified: "2026-01-16T16:14:12+00:00"
url: "https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/res_perspective/medical-ethics/"
post_id: 4920
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# Medical ethics

What do humanists think about organ donation, assisted conception, stem cell research, genetic engineering, and circumcision?

[Download humanist perspective](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Medical-ethics-humanist-perspective-1.pdf)

[Jamie Theakston provides a humanist perspective on the new organ donation laws (video)](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/res_films/the-case-for-organ-donation/)

[Humanists UK’s campaign for an opt-out organ donation system](https://humanists.uk/campaigns/public-ethical-issues/organ-donation/)

[NHS explanation of the opt-out organ donation system](https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/helping-you-to-decide/about-organ-donation/faq/what-is-the-opt-out-system/)