Tag: American Medical Association

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 27, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, American Medical Association, Arthur Caplan, Behind the Black, Bobby Mukkamala, Cross-Check, Eric Weinstein, expert opinion, John Horgan, Lawrence Krauss, Leif Le Mahieu, lobotomy, mastectomies, media, mental illness, New York University, News, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Robert Sapolsky, Robert Zimmerman, Royal Society, Sabine Hossenfelder, science communicators, Sean Carroll, Texas Children’s Hospital, 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
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, obstetricians, patients}

Why Abortion Is Not Health Care

_{Michael Egnor
August 12, 2022

Ethics, Medicine, Science

3}

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
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
Michael Egnor

Date
June 20, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, cancer, debate, egg, embryo, evolution, fertilization, fetus, gravity, human life, ideology, law, Leonardo da Vinci, National Academy of Sciences, parasite, public policy, science, scientists, sperm}

What the Abortion Debate Tells Us About Integrity in Science

_{Michael Egnor
June 20, 2019

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

4}

Science has quite a bit to contribute to our debate about abortion as a matter public policy. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 31, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, American Medical Association, assisted suicide, death certificate, democracy, doctors, drugs, euphemism, euthanasia, families, illness, law, lethal injection, lying, medicine, mercy killing, Minnesota, overdose, patients}

Forced to Lie About Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 31, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

In its advocacy memes, the assisted-suicide movement often lies, prevaricates, spins, word engineers, and obfuscates. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 15, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, American Medical Association, Baltimore, evidence, evolution, Free Science, insurance, Johns Hopkins University, litigation, malpractice, medicine, orthodoxy, patients, physicians, Washington D.C}

The Costs of Defensive Science

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 15, 2018

Evolution, Medicine

4}

In our highly litigious society, physicians and other health-care professionals often practice what is known as “defensive medicine.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 24, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __tedited, American Medical Association, assisted suicide, euthanasia, intolerance, medical aid in dying, myth of neutrality}

For Physicians, “Studied Neutrality” on Assisted Suicide Is a Cop Out

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 24, 2016

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

For years -- decades, actually -- euthanasia forces have tried to take MD opposition off the table. Read More ›