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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, forests, humans, mountains, nature rights, rivers, Wyoming}

More “Nature Rights” Virtue Signaling, Now in Jackson, Wyoming

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 8, 2024

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So, wise city councilors: Do the plants in the ponds have a right not to be eaten by the moose? Do grubs have a right not to be consumed by black bears? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 29, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, abortion, babies, Denmark, Down syndrome, Iceland, Neanderthals, Peter Singer, The Guardian, United States}

Neanderthals Cared for Down Syndrome Children

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June 29, 2024

Bioethics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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It may now be that more babies with Down syndrome are killed in the womb than are born. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 15, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, autistism, Canada, Compassion and Choices, death, dying, euthanasia, Hemlock Society, hospice, slippery slope, suicide, VSED}

Euthanize Me, or I’ll Starve Myself to Death

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 15, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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Allowing euthanasia and/or assisted suicide unleashes drastic desires in suffering individuals. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 14, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Europe, funerals, hospitals, humanity, Israel, Palestinians, pandemic, public health, Richard Horton, skeptics, technocracy, The Lancet, World Health Organization}

Dehumanizing Skeptics of the “International Order”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 14, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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The people’s loss of “belief” was the natural consequence of the international system’s failing and betraying those it was designed to serve. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 2, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Australia, cancer, cocaine, European Union, fentanyl, fossil fuels, global warming, Massachusetts, meat, New England Journal of Medicine, New Zealand, Norway, Oregon, Philippines, Singapore, smoking, technocracy}

On Tobacco, Technocracy Has a Clever New Idea

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 2, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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Is tobacco just the first villain to be punished by a growing technocracy that seeks to limit freedom based on an ever-expanding definition of “health”? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 23, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, COVID-19, Francis Collins, Great Barrington Declaration, Human Genome Project, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdowns, Martin Kulldorff, media, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, National Review, pandemic, Sunetra Gupta, vaccination, Wuhan Institute of Virology}

How the Public Health Establishment Squandered Our Trust

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 23, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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The Covid pandemic was devastating, not only for society generally, but also to the reputations of our once-trusted health agencies. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Environment & Climate
Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, autotrophs, complexity, dignity, evolution, house plants, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, light, mainstream media, New York Times, peas, personhood, Swiss Constitution, The Atlantic, Venus flytrap, wildflowers, Zoë Schlanger}

Again with the “Plants Are Intelligent” Nonsense

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 9, 2024

Bioethics, Botany, Environment & Climate, Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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We all know that plants respond to stimuli, such as flowers opening with the sun or growing toward light. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 26, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, anti-racism, assisted suicide, bioethicists, disability, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), embryonic stem cells, equity, experts, Gaza, gender, gobbledygook, Hastings Center Report, health, human cloning, lawyers, medical conscience, philosophers, pro-life, progressive ideology, race, Roman Catholic, Second Amendment, sexuality, technocracy, woke ideology}

Bioethicists Want to Rule the World!

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 26, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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It seems to me that the best approach to the policy opinions of mainstream bioethicists is to consider the source, shrug, and carry on. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 17, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, business, Congress, corporations, currency, environmental movement, environmentalists, Florida, granite outcroppings, Great Salt Lake, human rights, Idaho, inflation, legal standing, legislation, nature, nature rights, Ohio, personhood, pond scum, radicals, rivers, Santa Monica, states, Utah}

Utah Versus Nature Rights

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April 17, 2024

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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Utah is the fourth state — the others are Ohio, Florida, and Idaho — restricting rights to the human realm where they belong. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 5, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted dying, assisted suicide, dementia, disabilities, duty to die, economics, euthanasia, illnesses, immigration, logic, morality, old age, policy}

Normalizing Assisted Suicide Will Lead to a Duty to Die

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 5, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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Come on, Granny! Time to swallow the pills. We need your money to send Junior to college. Read More ›