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David van Gend

David van Gend is a family doctor in Toowoomba and a frequent contributor to Australian debates on bioethics in newspapers, radio and television. In the last seven years he has given expert testimony to Senate Committees – against embryo experimentation, against the abortion drug RU486, in defence of pro-life pregnancy support services, against human cloning, against government funding of late-term abortion, and against euthanasia. He is a spokesman for the Family Council of Queensland on same-sex surrogacy and gay marriage. Australian Doctor once described him as one of the country’s “50 most intriguing GPs”. He and his wife Jane have three sons.

    A conspicuous absence of children
    David van Gend | 5 Sep 2011
    Every child deserves to begin life with a mother and father. Gay couples cannot provide the family support they need.

    Is there a "duty to die"?
    David van Gend | 27 Mar 2011
    Should "unproductive burdens" on society do the right thing by the rest of us and make an early exit?

    Liberation -- or deprivation?
    David van Gend | 16 Nov 2010
    The legalisation of same-sex marriage means that children will grow up without mothers or without fathers. This is progress?

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