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Medical Authoritarianism Continues to Expand

We live in a time where individual freedom is under material threat from an emerging technocracy. 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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Alfie Evans, a Victim of Technocracy

This was about raw power. If Alfie had escaped the diktat, there would soon be others demanding their freedom too. Read More ›
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Photo: Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, by Rodhullandemu (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Courts Decide It’s Time for Alfie Evans to Die

We are witnessing a steady and growing imposition of technocracy in medicine, where “experts” define the parameters of care.  Read More ›
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Photo: Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, by Rodhullandemu (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

In the U.K., Another Shut-Off-the-Baby’s-Life-Support Case

Forcing this baby to die when there is no diagnosis would be an act of naked medical authoritarianism. Read More ›
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Photo: Statue of a mother with her child, outside Great Ormond Street Hospital where Charlie Gard has been treated, by Stu's Images [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

In the Charlie Gard Case, the High Cost of Coercion

The American specialist finally allowed by the courts to examine Charlie Gard apparently concluded that the baby is now beyond his help. Read More ›

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