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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 18, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, assisted suicide, bioethics, Cell (journal), cells, embryo research, embryos, ethicists, fertilization, fetal farming, humans, New York Times, organ harvesting, patients, petri dish, redefinition, stem cells, zygote}

“Expedience Bioethics” Busts Moral Limits

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 18, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

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When embryonic research first started, we were told that there would be a strict 14-day limit on researching embryos in petri dishes. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 26, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Reporting
Tagged
, abortion, advance directive, Arthur Caplan, assisted suicide, culture of death, dehydration, disability rights, euthanasia, fluids, food, gender-affirming care, Humanize, Michael Schiavo, parents, pro-life movement, Roe v. Wade, self-starvation and dehydration, Terri Schiavo, vaccine mandates, water}

Schiavo Case Was a Terrible Cultural Tipping Point

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 26, 2025

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Reporting

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The case elevated the culture of death into a conflagration. It boosted the passage of assisted suicide laws. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 1, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Belgium, Canada, death, doctors, euthanasia, hospitals, kidneys, medicine, Netherlands, Newsweek, organ donation, organ harvesting, organs, suicide}

Medical Journal Has a Ghoulish Proposal: Conjoining Euthanasia with Organ Harvesting

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 1, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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This much is clear: We are far down the road of objectifying the bodies of suicidal people to permit unethical acts. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 30, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Eric Anderson, euthanasia, hospice, Howard Glicksman, ID the Future, palliative care, physician-assisted suicide, physicians, podcasts, Richard Weikart, Unnatural Death}

A Physician’s Sacred Duty — To Care or to Kill?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 30, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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As a hospice and palliative care physician for over twenty years, Dr. Howard Glicksman regularly cares for terminally ill patients. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Reeves

Date
September 26, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, assisted suicide, Carl Sagan, Cosmos (series), Darwin Day in America, Ernst Haeckel, Greek, John West, materialists, New York Times, nitrogen, oxygen, Sarco, universe, Wesley J. Smith}

Sagan’s “Star Stuff” and the Suicide Pod

_{Daniel Reeves
September 26, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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If life is nothing more than material or “stuff,” why not allow people to recycle themselves when they feel their useful lifespan has come to an end? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 25, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, California, Canada, climate change, economy, government, medical assistance in dying, pesticides, public health, Racism, Second Amendment, smoking, suicide}

For Suicide, Disguised “Public Health” Policies Aren’t the Solution

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 25, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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The authors even suggest regulations controlling the manufacture of ceiling fans because some people have used the mechanisms to hang themselves. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
September 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Philosophy
Tagged
, animals, assisted suicide, Charles Darwin, dementia, euthanasia, future, human life, infants, persons, Peter Singer, rationality, right to life, The Death of Humanity, worldview}

The Contradiction in Peter Singer’s Worldview

_{Richard Weikart
September 9, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine, Philosophy

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He never provides any reason why rationality, self-consciousness, and the ability to plan the future have any value. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 6, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Australia, children, death, doctors, euthanasia, Germany, killing, medical futility, medicine, Philip Nitschke, suicide, Thaddeus Mason Pope}

Here Comes “Non-Medical” Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 6, 2024

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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Certain strains of the euthanasia-advocacy movement believe doctors don’t need to be involved when someone wants to die. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 13, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted dying, assisted suicide, Canada, Canadians, disabilities, euthanasia, homicide, lethal injection, MAiD, medical assistance in dying}

Euthanasia Is Fifth-Leading Cause of Death in Canada

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 13, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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Good grief, our closest cultural cousins are jumping into the abyss with a smile on their collective face. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
August 12, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Austria, Canada, Christianity, death, euthanasia, Germany, Judeo-Christian tradition, lethal injection, Netherlands, nihilism, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Spain, suicide, The Death of Humanity, Yuval Noah Harari}

Unalienable Rights, You Say? Why We Must Resist Yuval Harari’s “Scientific” Nihilism

_{Richard Weikart
August 12, 2024

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Medicine

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History attests that when a culture does not draw a firm line protecting human life, it inevitably progresses to ending lives for all manner of reasons. Read More ›