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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 21, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, accountability, anti-humanism, Arizona State University, capitalism, China, climate change, Communism, environmentalism, global warming, New York Times, op-ed, socialism, Soviet Union}

Environmentalism Is Increasingly Anti-Human, Pro-Authoritarian

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November 21, 2017

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Science Reporting

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The dirtiest economies have tended to be Communist ones, such as the old Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 19, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, correlation, death certificate, false dichotomy, homicide, physician, statistics, suicide, Switzerland, Washington State}

Assisted Suicide Should Be Included in Suicide Statistics

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 19, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

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Here are illustrations from Washington State, and from Switzerland. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 16, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, Africa, anti-humanism, Bill Nye, children, China, demographics, earth, electricity, environmentalism, family planning, global warming, Japan, murder, NBC News, one-child policy, population, prison, responsibility, The War on Humans, Travis Rieder, tyranny, Western Europe}

Environmentalism’s Worsening Anti-Human Infection

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November 16, 2017

Bioethics, Science Reporting

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Bioethicist Travis Rieder compares having a child to releasing a murderer from prison to kill again. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 15, 2017

Categories
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __nedited, animal rights, animal welfare, chimpanzees, chimps, Connecticut, currency, dolphins, elephants, frivolous lawsuit, humans, inflation, law, personhood, PETA, property, zoo}

Elephants Sue for Habeas Corpus

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 15, 2017

Ethics, Human Exceptionalism

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The point here isn’t to prevent abuse, if it exists. We have animal-welfare laws for that. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 12, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assault, assisted suicide, battery, Belgium, crime, culture of death, despair, homicide, medicine, murder, psychiatry, The Guardian}

The Story of Mark van Dongen

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 12, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

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This is an awful story but it shows how the assisted suicide movement greatly harms the culture and despairing individuals at their times of greatest vulnerability. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 29, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Genetics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, anti-humanism, Congress, Down syndrome, eugenics, genetic disorder, Iceland, infanticide, life, love, Peter Singer, pogrom, pregnancy}

Facing Down Eugenicists, Man with Down Syndrome Justifies His Own Life

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 29, 2017

Bioethics, Genetics, Medicine

2}

Imagine feeling the need to justify your existence before a Congressional subcommittee. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 28, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, Australia, barbiturates, compassion, euthanasia, Jack Kevorkian, Philip Nitschke, teenagers}

A Rock Star of the Euthanasia Movement

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 28, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

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Philip Nitschke calls for poison pills for senior citizens and "troubled teens." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 26, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Canada, cerebral palsy, children, euthanasia, farmer, mental illness, pain, Robert Latimer, suffering}

Sick — Now Canada Weighs Child Euthanasia

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 26, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

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Once a society agrees that killing is an acceptable answer to human suffering, there are few logical off-ramps. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 19, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, anthropomorphism, chimpanzees, dolphins, industry, Jane Goodall, Neanderthals, opposable thumbs, science}

No, Dolphins Could Not Create Our Technology

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 19, 2017

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Technology

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These days, it is sometimes difficult to discern where “science” ends and ideology begins. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 14, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, assisted suicide, controversy, death, Department of Health and Human Services, embryology, fertilization, health, life, medicine, public health, science}

Controversial! HHS to Define Life in Line with Embryology Textbooks

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 14, 2017

Bioethics, Biology, Life Sciences, Medicine

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The Department of Health and Human Services has published a draft strategic plan for 2018-2022. Read More ›