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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 27, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, adults, assisted suicide, bioethics, Canada, Daily Mail, disabled, euthanasia, Groningen protocol, infanticide, infants, killing, Netherlands, Peter Singer, The New England Journal of Medicine}

Netherlands Already Allows Infanticide, So Why Not Canada?

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August 27, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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In a more righteous world, allowing infanticide would make the Netherlands a pariah nation, but we have become morally stunted in the West. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 27, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, American Medical Association, Arthur Caplan, Eric Weinstein, John Horgan, Lawrence Krauss, mastectomies, media, mental illness, New York University, News, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Robert Sapolsky, Royal Society, Sabine Hossenfelder, science communicators, Sean Carroll, The Daily Wire, The End of Science, transgenderism, trust}

Science Struggles with Reality as Crises Rock Disciplines

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 27, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

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There seems to be little relationship between many science writers’ current concerns and the reasons that public trust in science has been steadily declining. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 26, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Psychology
Tagged
, abortion, abortionists, Canada, choice, hospitalization, medical journals, medicine, mental health, pro-life movement, psychiatric disorders, Quebec, risk, women}

Study: Mental Illness More Likely After Abortion than After Childbirth

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 26, 2025

Medicine, Psychology

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At the very least, if informed consent and “choice” are to mean anything, abortionists should be duty-bound to inform pregnant women about this particular risk. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 18, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, academics, animals, Anthony Fauci, biologists, COVID-19, curriculum, disease, doctors, ecosystems, health, human existence, humans, intelligentsia, nurses, people, pharmacists, policy, public health, technocrats, The Lancet, well-being, Wesley J. Smith}

Redefining Health to Impose International Technocracy

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August 18, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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The public-health intelligentsia and bioethics movement are determined to become the primary policy decision makers internationally. Read More ›

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Date
August 17, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain waves, Christof Koch, Denyse O’Leary, doctors, human mind, Jacob Vazquez, materialists, medicine, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, Middle Ages, near-death experiences, Skeptic Magazine, The Immortal Mind, theology, Truthful Hope}

Why Near-Death Experiences Are Being Treated More Seriously Now

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August 17, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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"The reason they came to get so much attention today was actually modern medical practice." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 16, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, Andrew Coyne, Canada, children, culture, death, doctors, euthanasia, faith, garden, life, Ontario, patients, suicide, suicide prevention, The Atlantic}

The Horrors of Canadian Euthanasia

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August 16, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Medicine

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As journalist Andrew Coyne said, “A society that believes in nothing can offer no argument even against death.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 11, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Alzheimer’s disease, Arthur Caplan, bioethics, chemotherapy, competency, dehydration, dementia, food, liquids, medical treatment, medicine, nurse, nursing, nutrients, patients, starvation, surgery, Terri Schiavo}

Should Caregivers Be Forced to Starve Dementia Patients?

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 11, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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If you did such a thing to a dog, you would go to jail. When will we say, “Enough. This is too much to ask”? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 8, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Adam Jacobs, brain, Christof Koch, consciousness, corpus callosum, epilepsy, Justine Sergent, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, MIT, neuroscience, split-brain surgery, The Immortal Mind, University of Amsterdam, violin, Wilder Penfield, Yair Pinto}

Conundrum: Split Brain But Unified Perception

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August 8, 2025

Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Current research suggests that a non-materialist approach to the neuroscience of the human mind is quite viable. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 5, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, bioethicists, brain, brain death, cardiac arrest, circulation, comatose, consciousness, equality, health care, heart, human life, intention, medicine, memory, New York Times, organ donors, organ-harvesting, organs, patients, trust}

Killing for Organs — Who Could Possibly Object?

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 5, 2025

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine

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Three doctors promote the idea of “redefining death” to allow patients to be killed for their organs. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bioethics, choking, death, Department of Health and Human Services, doctors, kidney, New York Times, organ-harvesting, overdose, patients}

Organ-Procurement Goofs Threaten Trust

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 4, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The “dead donor rule” is the cement that binds the public’s trust in organ transplant medicine. Read More ›