Canada’s Suicide Regime and America’s Future

_{David Klinghoffer
December 13, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Canada in relationship to the United States is like an image reflected in a strange and troubling mirror. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 10, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, assisted suicide, bureaucracy, Canada, diabetes, euthanasia, humans, Journal of Medical Ethics, logic, MAiD, medical aid in dying, Oregon, protective guidelines, Quebec, self-starving}

Euthanasia Is Becoming First Resort in Quebec

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 10, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Over time, euthanasia practice becomes a banal bureaucratic matter of checking the right boxes or finding ways to maneuver around the “protective guidelines.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 6, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, antibiotic resistance, Arizona Republic, consciousness, doctors, euthanasia, family, futile care, Las Vegas, life support, mass shooting, nurse practitioner, organ donation, patients, public policy, quality of life, rehabilitation, viruses}

Why Families Should Decide When to “Pull Plugs”

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 6, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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When Frank saw signs of life, doctors would dismiss his observation as a “reflex.” How often I have heard that over 25 years of anti-euthanasia advocacy! Read More ›

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December 2, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __edited, adults, babies, human cloning, ID the Future, manufacturing, podcast, Research, scientists, Wesley Smith}

Wesley J. Smith: Human Cloning, Hidden Under Jargon

_{Science and Culture
December 2, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Ethical constraints still depend only on scientists’ restraint — a “thin reed to stand on.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Brave New World, China, Falun Gong, gene editing, genetic engineering, Harvard Medical School, He Jiankui, Hong Kong, Nobel Prize, Rod Dreher, Science (journal), scientists}

China Turns Against “Rogue” Gene Engineer

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 29, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Engaging in biotechnological and other medical research in China can free one from normal ethical concerns. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 27, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Engineering
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, babies, CRISPR, embryo, FDA, gene editing, genes, genetic engineering, genome, He Jiankui, HIV, human life, illness, MIT Technology Review, protocols, sperm, United States, uterus}

Genetically Engineered Babies Are Born: Life as Potter’s Clay

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 27, 2018

Bioethics, Engineering, Medicine

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The birth of gene-edited children — which I discussed here just yesterday — has been confirmed. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, China, CRISPR, DNA, egg, embryo, embryos, eugenics, gene editing, genetic disease, Hong Kong, in vitro fertilization, MIT Technology Review, Nobel Prize, science}

Eugenics Revisited: Scientists on the Verge of Genetically Engineering Babies

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 26, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

CRISPR is the most powerful technology invented since the splitting of the atom. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 14, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Canada, children, disabilities, euthanasia, fear, homicide, hospital, illnesses, lethal injection, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, nurse practitioners, Ontario, pain, palliative care, patients, physicians, self-starvation, suffering}

Eliminating the Sufferer: In Canada, Hospital Waiting Room Promotes Euthanasia

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 14, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Euthanasia corrupts everything it touches. That includes the healthcare system and a society’s perception of the value of people with serious disabilities and illnesses. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 25, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __edited, euthanasia, lithium, mental illness, psychiatry, suicide}

Drug Our Drinking Water with Lithium?

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 25, 2018

Ethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

3}

If we really want to reduce suicide — and sometimes I wonder if we do — we will increase our focus on mental health as a top-tier societal priority. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 22, 2018

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, addiction, doctors, health, healthy lifestyles, New York Times, nurse, opioid epidemic, patients, Politics}

Physicians Should Prescribe Pills, not Politics

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 22, 2018

Medicine

4}

The last thing sick people need while being admitted to a hospital is a nurse or clerk trying to get out the vote. Read More ›