Tag: disability rights

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 26, 2025

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Tagged
, activism, assisted dying, assisted suicide, children, coercion, disability rights, England, equality, facilitation, gender ideology, Harry Potter, House of Commons, J. K. Rowling, liberals, Neil Murray, physicians, popular culture, prevention, private spaces, suicidal people, Wales, women}

J. K. Rowling Comes Out Against Legalized Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 26, 2025

Arts, Bioethics

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Two of the core tenets of liberalism are (supposed to be) protecting vulnerable people from exploitation and promoting equality among all people. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 26, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Reporting
Tagged
, abortion, advance directive, Arthur Caplan, assisted suicide, Bobby Schindler, culture of death, dehydration, disability rights, Dominic Sisti, euthanasia, fluids, food, gender-affirming care, Hastings Center, Humanize, Michael Schiavo, parents, pro-life movement, Roe v. Wade, self-starvation and dehydration, siblings, sustenance, Terri Schiavo, Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network, vaccine mandates, water}

Schiavo Case Was a Terrible Cultural Tipping Point

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 26, 2025

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Reporting

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The case elevated the culture of death into a conflagration. It boosted the passage of assisted suicide laws. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 2, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Medicine
Tagged
, __tedited, disability rights, euthanasia, Health & Wellness, legislation, suicide prevention, terminal illness}

Expanding Canada’s Radical Euthanasia License

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 2, 2016

Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine

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When Parliament legalized euthanasia for people with medical conditions leading to "foreseeable" death, many yelled that it was too restrictive. Read More ›