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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 15, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Bible Belt, California, children, Finland, Florida, France, gender-affirming care, hormones, ideology, National Health Service, Norway, policymakers, progressive ideology, puberty, puberty blocking, Sweden, Tennessee}

England’s National Health Service Bans Most Puberty-Blocking

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 15, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

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The science is not settled. The time is long past for the woke media and medical associations to recognize this fact. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 29, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, advance directive, California, Canada, Colorado, compassion, Connecticut, dehydration, disabilities, District of Columbia, euthanasia, feeding tube, Hawaii, heart, human life, kidneys, liver, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, mental illness, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, new york, nihilism, Oregon, organ transplant, pancreas, Rhode Island, suicide tourism, Terri Schiavo, Vermont, VSED}

A Culture-of-Death Tipping Point

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 29, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Science

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A legal battle raged for several years during which the country agonized and argued about the right and moral course. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 2, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Arkansas, breasts, California, children, cross-sex hormones, de-transitioners, lawsuits, malpractice, medical conscience, medical professionals, minors, moral panic, parents, puberty blocker, surgery, transgenderism}

Medical Malpractice Lawsuits to the Rescue

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 2, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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State legislatures are considering bills to remedy a problem by lengthening their statute of limitations when the procedures were done on minors. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, American Geophysical Union, atmosphere, California, carbon, carbon emissions, climate change, diatoms, foresight, global warming, habitability, jellyfish, NASA, Nature Communications, New Zealand, notochord, Penn State, phylogeny, plankton, polychaetes, providence, reporters, Science (journal), sea salps, sea squirts, silicate weathering, Southern California, Southern Ocean, thermostat, tunicates}

Meet the Ghostly Organisms that Rescue the Planet

_{David Coppedge
February 22, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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A man was paddleboarding last month when he came across a mysterious creature three miles off the shoreline of California. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 7, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abortion, animal rights, animal welfare, Belgium, birth, California, Canada, doctors, Finland, France, gender dysphoria, gender-affirming care, geographical features, glaciers, Holocaust, human life, insects, Jews, Journal of Medical Ethics, mastectomies, Netherlands, Ontario, Oregon, organ donation, peas, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, rivers, Sweden, unborn children, United Kingdom}

The Fear of Suffering Is Driving Us Crazy

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 7, 2023

Bioethics, Botany, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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Our suffering phobia has triggered a harmful societal neurosis that has both subverted human exceptionalism and undermined societal common sense. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 5, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Belgium, California, Canada, Colorado, Daily Mail, Death with Dignity, doctors, Germany, Netherlands, Oregon, Portland, Skype, suicide, Switzerland, Vermont, Zoom}

Suicide Tourism Comes to Oregon

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 5, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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Some jurisdictions are getting there faster and some slower. But that tide only flows in one direction. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 19, 2022

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Tagged
, A Fortunate Universe, astrobiology, California, Dead Sea, earth, Enceladus, freezing, Goldilocks Zone, Jupiter, Michael Denton, NASA, Neptune, Purdue University, salinity, salt, Saturn, The Miracle of Man, The Privileged Planet, The Wonder of Water, University of Copenhagen, water}

Salt of the Earth Regulates Habitability

_{David Coppedge
December 19, 2022

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

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A planet needs more than location in a habitable zone. It needs the right ingredients, and salt has a surprising role. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 6, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, California, Caltech, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Cnidaria, dolphins, flippers, George Washington University, Illustra Media, jellyfish, John Dabiri, Lad Allen, Living Waters, Phys.org, salmon, sea lion, sea turtles, The Conversation}

Secrets that Give Sea Lions and Jellyfish Their Edge as Swimmers

_{David Coppedge
October 6, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The world’s best human designers are attempting to build machines to mimic what these animals “naturally do. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 3, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, Brooklyn, California, children, fertility, gestation, health insurance, IVF, males, medicine, New York City, pathology, The Guardian, transgenderism, uterus}

Why We Will Never Control Medical Costs

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 3, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine

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The purposes of medicine are expanding rapidly beyond treating actual illnesses/injuries and promoting wellness. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 23, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Academy Award, assisted suicide, auto accident, British Columbia, California, COVID-19, euthanasia, hospice, Italy, Jack Kevorkian, polio, quadriplegia, San Francisco Chronicle, UC Berkeley, United States}

Euthanasia’s Cruel Compassion

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 23, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

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Federico Carboni wanted suicide because he had no autonomy, saying in an interview, “I am like a boat adrift in the ocean.” Read More ›