Tag: abortion

AI-generated illustration of a human fetus curled up in the womb

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 27, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, bioethics, black babies, demagoguery, doctors, Dorothy Roberts, drug addiction, ectopic pregnancy, embryology, fetal homicide, fetal personhood, fetus, Killing the Black Body, medical conditions, miscarriages, pregnancy, pro-life laws, pro-lifers, racists, slaveholders, slavery, substance abusers, The New England Journal of Medicine, unborn children, United States, Vermont}

Medical Journal Screed Decries All Fetal Personhood Laws

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 27, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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The authors imply that laws that protect unborn children are racist. But pro-lifers want more black babies born and protected from harm, not fewer. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 10, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, 9/11, abortion, assassination, audience, Bruce Chapman, Charlie Kirk, debating, Discovery Institute, Donald Trump, England, fathers, gang violence, Konstantin Kisin, mass shootings, presidents, United States, voting, young people}

Charlie Kirk Died Debating

_{David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2025

Ethics, Faith & Science

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That is a remarkable thing to be able to say about someone. He wasn't giving a speech. He was debating. And not just one opponent, but all comers. Read More ›

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Author
John Zmirak

Date
September 4, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abortion, americans, aneurysm, assisted suicide, atheism, brain, castration, child sacrifice, Christianity, culture, Denyse O’Leary, euthanasia, Heaven, immateriality, immortality, infinity, logic, materialism, materialists, mathematics, media, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neurosurgery, paganism, Pam Reynolds, Pam Reynolds Challenge, philosophy, physics, pornography, precision, sexual grooming, sexual mutilation, simplicity, St. Augustine, St. Bonaventure, St. Thomas Aquinas, surgeons, The Immortal Mind, tunnel, Western civilization}

Conversation with Dr. Egnor: Near-Death Experiences and Saving the Culture

_{John Zmirak
September 4, 2025

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

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"Near-death experiences (NDEs) are a huge and complex topic. Tens of millions of people have had NDEs and similar spiritual experiences." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 26, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Psychology
Tagged
, abortion, abortionists, Canada, choice, comorbidity, hallucinogen, hospitalization, induced abortion, Journal of Psychiatric Research, medical journals, medicine, mental health, pregnant women, pro-life movement, psychiatric disorders, Quebec, risk, substance use, 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
July 25, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, abortion, assisted suicide, Australia, bioethics, British Columbia, Canada, doctors, euthanasia, Ezekiel Emanuel, health care, health professionals, Hippocratic moral values, Hippocratic Oath, hospice, hospitals, human life, Julian Savulescu, medical conscience, medical school, medical values, medicine, nurses, nursing homes, nursing school, Ontario, patients, transgenderism}

Attacks on Medical Conscience Will Force Doctors to Take Human Life

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 25, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Reproductive Science

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Destroying conscience will inhibit talented people with particular moral or religious beliefs from entering medical and nursing schools. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 21, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, abortion, abortion pills, chemical abortions, congressional hearings, drinking water, drugs, EPA, fetal biomass, fetuses, human tissue, Liberty Counsel Action, metabolites, microplastic, mifepristone, sewer system, surgical abortions, wastewater, water contamination, water supply, water systems, water treatment}

Glass of Water? Think Twice

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 21, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Reproductive Science

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Our water treatment plants are not equipped to process human tissue nor necessarily to remove metabolized mifepristone (metabolites) used in abortion pills. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 13, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, advocacy, American Journal of Bioethics, assisted suicide, bioethicists, bioethics, climate change, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), gender ideology, hospitals, medical school, medicine, patients, Paul Ramsey, policy, United Nations, utilitarianism}

Bioethics Becomes Just Another Social-Justice Political Movement

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 13, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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A new study illustrates how bioethics is not (and, indeed, never has been) an area of objective professional expertise. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 29, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abortion, Bible, biology, Brian Miller, chance, Charles Colson, Christianity, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, evolution, Evolution News, faith and science, Francis Collins, human life, intelligent design, John Zmirak, Judaism, LGBTQ, National Institutes of Health, Plato's Revenge, Prison Fellowship, Protestants, religious schools, Roman Catholic, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Darwin and the Fragility of Faith

_{David Klinghoffer
April 29, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Physicist Brian Miller wrote earlier today with a wonderful concision about why Richard Sternberg’s immaterial genome spells doom for Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 28, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abortion, awareness, BBC News, birth, brain activity, cancel culture, Centers for Disease Control, Christof Koch, consciousness, Hatty Willmoth, Joel Frohlich, Pew Research, Research, Science Focus, stimuli, third rail, Tim Bayne, United States, viability}

Consciousness in Unborn Children: Touching the Third Rail

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 28, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Leading neuroscientist Christof Koch became a target of Cancel Culture in part because his popular theory of consciousness might threaten the right to abortion. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 11, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abortion, animals, Anthropology.net, brain, brain size, cerebral cortex, chimpanzees, conjoined twins, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, genes, German Primate Center, Human, human brain, human mind, intelligence, Kambiz Kamrani, mice, Michael Egnor, neocortex, Research, split brain, The Immortal Mind}

Big Human Brain from…Just Two Genes?

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 11, 2025

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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The genes, unique to humans, spurred brain growth when introduced in mice and chimpanzee stem cells. Read More ›