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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 12, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, abortion, American Medical Association, autonomy, Dobbs v. Jackson, doctor, execution, health care, homicide, killing, law, medicine, mother, patients}

Why Abortion Is Not Health Care

_{Michael Egnor
August 12, 2022

Ethics, Medicine, Science

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Consider that abortion is a procedure in which death is the outcome that defines success. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 2, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, abortion, abortionists, babies, consent, Dobbs v. Jackson, doctors, execution, fetus, health, heart disease, incompetence, killing, laws, medicine, mothers, negligence, Roe v. Wade, suicide, unborn}

Will Laws Protecting the Unborn Endanger Mothers?

_{Michael Egnor
August 2, 2022

Ethics, Medicine, Science

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A fallacy used by abortionists and their allies is that doctors will be handicapped by having to comply with the law applicable to the care of their patients. Read More ›

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Date
July 7, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, Australia, Constitution, Discovery Institute, Dobbs v. Jackson, Europe, human rights, Humanize, media, North America, public policy, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court, United States, Wesley Smith}

Where the Abortion Debate Goes from Here

_{Science & Culture
July 7, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

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On a new podcast, host Wesley Smith and guest Catherine Glenn Foster discuss the Dobbs decision. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 25, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, activists, assisted suicide, Constitution, courts, Dobbs v. Jackson, Due Process Clause, euthanasia, history, hubris, law, Supreme Court}

How Euthanasia Activists Laid the Groundwork for Overturning Roe

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 25, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

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Back in the ’90s, the assisted-suicide movement tried to convince the Supreme Court to impose a Roe–style decision for their cause. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 24, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, abortion, animals, anti-human exceptionalism, communication, culture, dog, emotion, environmentalism, euthanasia, horse, human rights, humans, memory, New York University, self-awareness}

Professor: We Shouldn’t Necessarily Value Humans Over Other Animals

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 24, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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NYU environmentalism prof Jeff Sebo argues that humans are not always rational and that some animals display mental qualities so we aren’t exceptional. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 18, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, arms, biologists, biomolecules, budding, children, conception, culture, eyes, fingers, human life, humanity, humans, persons, pregnancy, right to life, science denial, womb, worms, zygote}

Question for Abortion Advocates: How Many Fingers Does a Pregnant Woman Have?

_{Michael Egnor
May 18, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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Denial of the humanity of children in the womb from the moment of conception is the most lethal form of science denial. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 16, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, abortion, act, adults, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, baby, genius, gestation, human being, Jerry Coyne, life, possibilities, potency, rational thought, soul, Thomistic philosophy, zygote}

Must We Be Able to Reason to Be Thought of as Human Persons?

_{Michael Egnor
May 16, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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A common argument as to why abortion is generally ethical is that the unborn child cannot reason. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 11, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, asexual reproduction, budding, corals, egg, embryo, fetus, Homo sapiens, human being, human development, human life, Jerry Coyne, microorganisms, morality, mother, murder, pain, pro-life, Roman Catholic, sperm, sponges, tissue, womb, worms, zygote}

If a Fetus Isn’t a Human Being, What Is It?

_{Michael Egnor
May 11, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine

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How is it that a leading professor of biology could fundamentally misunderstand the biology of human development? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 10, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, cancer, children, conception, egg, embryo, human being, human life, law, National Academy of Sciences, newborn, parasite, public policy, scientists, settled science, sperm, womb, zygote}

Fact Check: Yes, Human Life Begins at Fertilization

_{Michael Egnor
May 10, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Ethics, Medicine

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So what are we to make of a scientific profession in which scientific experts consistently distort the science of human life? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Human Origins and Anthropology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, abortion, Alfred Russel Wallace, atmosphere, Big Bang, bones, brain, breathing, Charles Darwin, circulation, Discovery Institute, environmental fitness, Harvard University, Homo sapiens, humans, hydrological cycle, Lawrence Henderson, Michael Denton, muscles, natural selection, nerves, Nicolaus Copernicus, nihilism, On the Origin of Species, oxygen, physical existence, Privileged Species, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, The Miracle of Man, transition metals, UFOs, United States, vision, water}

The Miracle of Man: New Book by Michael Denton

_{David Klinghoffer
May 10, 2022

Biology, Chemistry, Human Origins and Anthropology, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Sputtering nihilists have turned their rage on the idea that someone, somewhere, could be thinking that the unborn man or woman is a miracle worth protecting. Read More ›