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The Drive to Obliterate “Medical Conscience”

An international effort seeks to transform abortion into a positive right, which would require the state to guarantee access. Read More ›
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Photo: Irish protesters in favor abortion referendum, by Katenolan1979 [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Medical Conscience Crisis Comes to Ireland

This is not only authoritarian — shattering the guarantees of religious liberty in virtually all existing human-rights accords — but could cause a significant brain drain. Read More ›
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Bioethicists to the People: “Obey Us!”

Udo Schuklenk is furious at the public backlash against the forced removal of life support from Alfie Evans in the U.K. Read More ›
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Photo: Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, by Rodhullandemu (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

This Is What Medical Authoritarianism Looks Like

The Alfie Evans saga continues to roil the U.K., and it is increasingly looking like the Terri Schiavo case. Read More ›
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Medical Coercion Comes to Virginia?

Futile care theory (as I call it) or medical futility allows doctors to unilaterally refuse wanted life-sustaining treatment based on the physician’s values. Read More ›

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