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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 13, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, courts, development, environmentalists, Florida, human rights, humankind, journalists, lakes, law, nature rights, Orange County, radicals, The New Yorker, United Nations}

Nature Rights: A Lake in Florida Sues

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 13, 2022

Bioethics, Science Reporting

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For a certain class of journalists, practical concerns are of little consequence — or perhaps, just not as much fun to write about. Read More ›

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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
November 7, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, computational biology, courts, elections, Harrisburg, intelligent design, Judge John E. Jones, Kindle, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, paperback, Pat Flynn, Pennsylvania, S. Joshua Swamidass, Washington University}

Michael Behe: Kafka in Dover, Pennsylvania

_{David Klinghoffer
November 7, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Behe concludes here, “Courts are not good places to discuss ideas.” Yet ID critics continue to cite the Dover case as scientific gospel. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 20, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, courts, culture, Europe, European Union, Germany, human rights, law, patients, physicians, suicide}

German High Court to Rule on Right to Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 20, 2019

Bioethics

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If the continent’s most important country embraces the culture of death, the darkness will spread. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 7, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animals, courts, environmentalists, equality, humans, laws, lawsuit, lawyers, nature, Racism, radicalism, social justice, speciesism}

“Social Justice” Inflates to Include Animals

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 7, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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An article published in Biological Conservation illustrates environmentalism’s metastasizing misanthropy. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 5, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animals, Argentina, Bronx Zoo, chimpanzees, Congress, Constitution, courts, elephant, frivolous lawsuits, habeas corpus, Happy (elephant), human rights, humans, judge, mirror, New York Court of Appeals, New York Post, Nonhuman Rights Project, orangutan, personhood}

Here We Go Again: Suing for “Elephant Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 5, 2018

Bioethics

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Our care and treatment of animals arise from human duties, not conjuring rights for animals out of ideological zeal. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Bolivia, courts, Ecuador, glaciers, humans, law, legal standing, nature, nature rights, policymakers, rationality, rivers, United States}

For Rivers, a “Right to Flow”?

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 26, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Most media with which I interact on this issue assume that advocating personhood for nature must be a fringe meme. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 24, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, Amazon River, anti-humanism, Colorado River, Congress, courts, Ganges River, human beings, nature, nature rights, slavery, The Guardian, The War on Humans}

Animal Ownership and Antebellum Slavery — An Odious Comparison

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 24, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Favored by the animal-rights movement, the idea is misanthropic, and I would say, implicitly racist. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 24, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animal standing, Constitution, copyright, courts, duties, PETA, Supreme Court, Titanic}

Court Takes Half-Step Toward Animals Suing

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 24, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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I know Judge Bea, who wrote this decision — and he’s no left-wing radical. So, I think the court is sending a warning. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 23, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, Alabama, Bible, Constitution, constitutionality, courts, Discovery Institute, education, Edwards v. Aguillard, evidence, policy, Royal Society, science}

Proposed Evolution Education Policy, Alabama’s HB 258, Is Not a Good Idea

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 23, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Science Education

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What could go wrong? First, if this bill were to be passed, it would be declared unconstitutional by the courts. Read More ›