Category: Bioethics

Depressed woman sitting on floor covering face with hands in despair

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 15, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __featured3, adolescents, detransitioners, Finland, gender, gender reassignment, hormones, ideologues, lawmakers, malpractice, mastectomies, medical ethics, mental health, Paediatrica, patients, psychiatric morbidity, psychiatric treatment, puberty blockers, young adults}

Study Finds Gender Reassignment Harmed Mental Health of Adolescents

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April 15, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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Hopefully, this study will aid the many lawsuits being filed by childhood victims (detransitioners). Read More ›

Operation room surgery in hospital, blurred figures. Professional treatment and professional conduct concept.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 14, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Belgium, bioethics, Canada, Canadian media, China, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese doctors, dead donor rule, dying, Epoch Times, Falun Gong, instrumentalization, Jan Jekielek, Killed to Order, lethal injection, medicine, Netherlands, Noelia Castillo Ramos, organ harvesting, political prisoners, suicide, surgery, utilitarianism, Uygur Muslims, Western medicine}

In Drift Toward Instrumentalizing Humans, Western Medicine Follows China

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April 14, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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At least in some sense, once the girl was deemed killable, her body parts became the primary factor in her care. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 4, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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, bioethics, Carlos Simon, diseases, embryos, endometriosis, experiments, fetal farming, fetuses, fibroids, gestating, Human, human beings, human life, medicine, menstrual cycle, MIT Technology, parenthood, transplant medicine, unborn humans, uterus, Xavier Santamaria}

Scientists Keep Removed Human Uterus Alive for a Day; Get Ready for Experiments

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April 4, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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So, the plan ultimately is to manufacture human life solely for experimenting upon. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 28, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, antiboyism, antigirlism, authoritarianism, baby, bioethics, breasts, California, carefreeness, children, China, choice, coercion, discrimination, Ethics (journal), force, gestating, gestation, girls, medicine, mothering, peer-reviewed journals, philosophers, physical restraint, pregnancy, pro-abortion, pro-choice, pro-life, sedation, terminology, totalitarianism, transgender, University of British Columbia}

Ethics Journal Urges MANDATORY Abortion for Pregnant Minors

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 28, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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There is a word to describe “philosophy” like this: totalitarian. Indeed, it reminds me of China’s “one-child” policy. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 8, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
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, Apostle Paul, Chris Stirewalt, Christianity, Conan O’Brien, conservatives, Dilbert, El Rushbo, humor, Jesus Christ, lung cancer, NewsNation, Not Dead Yet, pancreatic cancer, Peter Robinson, Scott Adams, Uncommon Knowledge}

In Sickness, These Are Profiles in Courage

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March 8, 2026

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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As I am sure readers know, Ben Sasse is dying from pancreatic cancer. But that doesn’t mean he is through. Read More ›

White medical pills or tablets with bottle on black background. Macro side view with copy space

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 12, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abdominal pain, assisted suicide, autopsy, Belgium, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, Brittany Maynard, Canada, compounding pharmacies, disability, Eileen Mihich, Elizabeth Bruenig, Estonia, euthanasia, Germany, Jack Kevorkian, Jess Kaan, Luxembourg, Marjorie Wantz, mental illness, Netherlands, Oregon, pharmacists, pharmacy, poison, psychiatric disorders, rape, slippery slope, suffering, suicide, suicide prevention, The Atlantic, Veronica Torina, Washington State}

How a Mentally Ill Woman Wrote Herself a Lethal Prescription

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February 12, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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A troubling look at how systemic gaps enabled a vulnerable woman to obtain lethal drugs unchecked. Read More ›

Pouring milk from bottle into a glass on light blue background, high key shot

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 10, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Tagged
, alt-right, Art Caplan, Ben Carson, Benito Mussolini, bigotry, bioethicists, bioethics, dog whistle, eugenics, Europe, far right, For What It’s Worth, health, John Fetterman, lyrics, milk, neo-Nazis, Oval Office, paranoia, Racism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., school menus, Sigmund Freud, soy milk, U.S. Senate, United States, white nationalists, whole milk, whole white milk}

Bioethicist Jumps Shark, Goes After Whole Milk

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February 10, 2026

Bioethics, Ethics

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To paraphrase Freud: Sometimes whole milk is just whole milk. It’s about improving health, not promoting bigotry. Read More ›

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Author
J. Budziszewski

Date
February 5, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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, animals, Bloodhound Gang, cats, children, conversation, Discovery Channel, embodied beings, friendship, Gombe Chimpanzee War, human beings, humans, incorporeal intelligences, J. Budziszewsk, laboratory animals, laws, locusts, mammals, Pandemic of Lunacy, parents, primates, rationality, snakes, spouses, transhumanists, University of Texas, wolves, worship}

Are We Just Animals? A Tempting Delusion

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February 5, 2026

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Some of my students argue that humans should be wiped off the face of the earth to make room for the other species. Read More ›

3d render of abstract face in digital cyberspace with a lot of particles around. Technology concept of facial recognition.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 3, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Barcelona, bioethics, breathing, commodification, dead donor rule, donation, donor, eating, euthanasia, face, face transplant, heebie-jeebies, Maria José Abadías, medical treatment, medicine, neurovascular microsurgery, patients, Spain, suicide, suicide prevention, surgery, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital}

In Spain, a Transplant Case Gives Heebie-Jeebies

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February 3, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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Euthanasia conjoined with organ harvesting just took a particularly disturbing turn, when a woman was euthanized and had part of her face transplanted. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 30, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, activists, authoritarianism, bioethicists, bioethics, British Columbia, California, Canada, Catholic moral teaching, Catholic teaching, courts, doctors, Dominion Health, effective referral, euthanasia, freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, hospitals, human life, law, medical institutions, medicine, plaintiffs, uterus, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority}

When Doctors’ Faith Loses to Bureaucratic Power

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January 30, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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In Canada, the family of a euthanized woman, forced to leave a Catholic hospital to be killed, is seeking to compel Catholic hospitals to permit euthanasia. Read More ›