elephant Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date February 29, 2020 CategoriesBioethicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __edited, animal personhood, animal rights, animal welfare, Bronx Zoo, chimpanzees, Court of Appeals, elephant, Eugene M. Fahey, habeas corpus, judge, Nonhuman Rights Project, sentience Judge Wishes She Could Rule Elephant a “Person” Wesley J. Smith February 29, 2020 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism 4 This kind of thinking drives me nuts. First, we don’t treat animals as mere things or as being akin to inanimate objects. Read More ›
baby and father Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date January 9, 2020 CategoriesMedicine Tagged , __edited, Alfie Evans, baby, bioethicists, Charlie Gard, CNN, Court of Appeals, doctors, experts, futile care, hospital, life support, medicine, parents, quality of life, Texas Parents — Not Bioethicists — Should Decide about Baby’s Life Support Wesley J. Smith January 9, 2020 Medicine 4 Tinslee Lewis, age 11 months, has a heart defect. The doctors claim the case is hopeless. Read More ›
DCIM100MEDIADJI_0352.JPG Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 23, 2019 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __edited, abortion, California, Court of Appeals, discrimination, euthanasia, health, hospitals, life, medicine, nursing homes, pathology, patients, Roman Catholic, suicide, transgenderism, treatment Bioethics Versus Catholic Healthcare: California Court Ruling Proves My Point Wesley J. Smith September 23, 2019 Bioethics, Medicine 4 A Catholic hospital chain known as Dignity Health refused to perform a hysterectomy on a transgendered male, as against Catholic moral teaching. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 21, 2019 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, abortion, Canada, contraception, Court of Appeals, doctors, euthanasia, First Amendment, freedom of religion, health care, Hippocratic Oath, lethal injection, MAiD, medical aid in dying, medical conscience, Ontario, patients, religious beliefs, Roman Catholic Canada Court: Doctors Must Euthanize, Abort, or Refer Wesley J. Smith May 21, 2019 Bioethics, Medicine 5 The culture of death brooks no dissent. In Canada, doctors have been ordered to bend the knee. Read More ›
