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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 20, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abuse, assisted suicide, Austria, courts, free will, Germany, Humanize, legislators, rights, suicide}

Austrian Court Creates Right to Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 20, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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A bit ago, Germany’s high court created an absolute right to commit suicide and the concomitant right to have help in making oneself dead. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Technology
Tagged
, abortion, assisted suicide, California, coronavirus, dehumanization, Humanize, medicine, New York State, oncologists, Oregon, oxymoron, pandemic, patients, Planned Parenthood, suicide, telemedicine, Wesley Smith, Zoom}

Suicide by Zoom — Technology and Dehumanization

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2020

Bioethics, Technology

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“We are always told that ‘strict guidelines will protect against abuse.’ It’s always been baloney.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 12, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, assisted suicide, coronavirus, COVID-19, despair, doctors, New Jersey, public policy, suicide prevention}

New Jersey’s Suicide Confusion

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 12, 2020

Bioethics

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With COVID-19, New Jersey officials are worried about a spike in suicide caused by the shutdown. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 7, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, academia, academic freedom, assisted suicide, atheism, authority, Brian Miller, Caroline Crocker, Charles Marshall, Commentary, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dan Brown, Darwinism, David Coppedge, David Gelernter, Douglas Axe, Edmond Kirsch, Energy, Eric Hedin, fluctuation theorems, Günter Bechly, Inference (journal), intelligent design, James Tour, Jeremy England, Keith Fox, Lee Cronin, Martin Gaskell, MIT, neighbors, Orthodox Jews, Rice University, Richard Sternberg, Scott Minnich, second of law thermodynamics, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Unbelievable, unemployment, University of Glasgow, University of Southampton}

Courage, Courtesy, and the Origin of Life — Congratulations to Physicist Jeremy England

_{David Klinghoffer
May 7, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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As Yale’s David Gelernter has said of Darwinism, to challenge it is to “take your life in your hands.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 21, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, advance directive, Alzheimer’s disease, assisted suicide, dementia, despair, disabilities, doctors, family, infanticide, killing, legislation, lethal injection, mental illness, Netherlands, organ harvesting, patients, Reuters}

Dutch Supreme Court Approves Euthanasia for Dementia

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 21, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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The Reuters story leaves out some details. The doctor had drugged the woman before starting to euthanize her, and instructed the family to hold the struggling patient down. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 17, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, Belgium, Canada, coronavirus, euthanasia, Germany, Groningen protocol, human experimentation, infanticide, Jack Kevorkian, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, Netherlands, organ donation, pediatricians, quadriplegia, utilitarianism}

The Jack Kevorkian Plague

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 17, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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The pathogen I mean is a cultural pandemic, the embrace of doctor-prescribed suicide and of administered homicide. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 9, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __edited, addiction, assisted suicide, cancer, despair, fentanyl, New York Times, prosperity, suicide}

Fewer “Deaths of Despair” Increase U.S. Life Expectancy

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 9, 2020

Bioethics

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Unstated, but perhaps a contributing factor, was the increasing prosperity we have enjoyed in country in recent years. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 1, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, assisted suicide, University of Washington, Washington State}

In Washington State, Assisted Suicide “Protections” Become “Barriers”

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 1, 2020

Medicine

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Razzle-dazzle them. That’s what good carney pitchmen do to sell their wares. So do assisted-suicide advocates. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 25, 2020

Categories
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, assisted suicide, Big Government, British Columbia, Canada, dementia, doctors, euthanasia, freedom of conscience, hospice, killing, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, nursing homes, organ harvesting, patients, Quebec, religious beliefs, socialism, United States}

Pressuring a Hospice to Kill

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 25, 2020

Ethics, Medicine

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Canada is our closest cultural cousin: We had better be careful, or the same thing could happen here. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 11, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, assisted suicide, Belgium, Canada, disabled, euthanasia, MAiD, mentally ill, Netherlands, Ontario, organ donation, patients}

In Canada, Euthanasia as “Boon” to Organ Donation

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 11, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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Someday, Canada will probably dispense with the euthanasia part altogether and go straight to killing by organ harvesting. Read More ›