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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 13, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, assisted suicide, Belgium, Canada, elderly, euthanasia, India, Netherlands, nihilism, organ harvesting, Switzerland}

Euthanasia Pathogen Spreads — Case of the Elderly Indian Couple

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January 13, 2018

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A healthy elderly couple in India is asking for joint euthanasia because their lives are of no use. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 9, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
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, __k-review, Alaska, anti-humanism, Congress, environmentalism}

Listening to People Over Animals: A Welcome Reprieve

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January 9, 2018

Bioethics

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Anti-humanism permeates the modern environmental movement. That misanthropy can lead to decisions that create risk to human life and well-being. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 6, 2018

Categories
Medicine
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, __k-review, animal rights, bombs, experiments, feelings, Ingrid Newkirk, laboratory, medicine, mice, neurons, Nuremberg Code, PETA, Research, schizophrenia, thinking, wrist}

Animal Researchers Should Be Proud

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January 6, 2018

Medicine

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We are often awed at the medical miracles that save so many of our lives and alleviate unquantifiable levels of human suffering. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 4, 2018

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, doctors, Las Vegas, law, medicine, Nevada, opioid epidemic, opioids, pain, prescription, Sudafed}

Sacrificing Pain Patients to Stop Opioid Epidemic?

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January 4, 2018

Medicine

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I’m all for fighting the opioid epidemic. But not at the price of preventing patients from receiving quality medical care. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 3, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Britain, CRISPR, epigenetics, family, germ cells, Joseph Fletcher, ovum, procreation, sperm, surrogate mother, transhumanism, University of Cambridge, uterus}

Here’s a Recipe for Procreative Anarchy

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January 3, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Artificial sperm offer the transhumanist dream of radical individualistic procreation, baby manufacture, and radical family restructuring. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 1, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, bondage, evil, George W. Bush, law, slavery}

A New Year and a New Commitment to Eradicate Human Trafficking

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 1, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Human exceptionalism holds that every one of us is inherently equal, in moral value, and properly, under the law. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 19, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, birth, Daily Mail, embryo, IVF, mother}

After 24 Years as a Frozen Embryo, a Baby Is Born

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December 19, 2017

Bioethics, Biology, Life Sciences, Medicine

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I think this story should affect the way we look at the moral value of frozen IVF embryos. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 17, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, Death with Dignity, dignity, disabilities, disabled, dying, elder care, elderly, Frank Bruni, isolation, love, New York Times, Oregon, pain, poison}

Bruni “Gets It” on Disability Bias — Except for Assisted Suicide

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December 17, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

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When New York Times columnist Frank Bruni isn’t driving me nuts, it’s usually because he’s on vacation from his (very well written) column. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 9, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, Colorado River, courts, frivolous lawsuit, law, lawsuit, nature rights, radicals, river rights}

Colorado River Gives Up on Lawsuit

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December 9, 2017

Bioethics

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Stop coddling the radicals who are abusing our courts. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 1, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-science, community, conservative, definition, fact, hypothesis, ideology, objectivity, Politics, progressive, Sabine Hossenfelder, science, scientific method, scientists, social justice, truth}

Science Is Not Simply “What Scientists Do”

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December 1, 2017

Evolution, Physical Sciences, Physics

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I was alarmed to see physicist Sabine Hossenfelder accept as a definition of ”science,” not a method, but merely “what scientists do.” Read More ›