Tag: disabled

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 27, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, adults, assisted suicide, bioethics, Canada, Daily Mail, disabled, euthanasia, Groningen protocol, infant euthanasia, infanticide, infants, killing, Netherlands, Peter Singer, The New England Journal of Medicine}

Netherlands Already Allows Infanticide, So Why Not Canada?

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 27, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

In a more righteous world, allowing infanticide would make the Netherlands a pariah nation, but we have become morally stunted in the West. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 2, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aryan race, Columbine High School, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, disabled, Ernst Haeckel, eugenics, Europeans, evolution, Führer, genocide, Germany, Indiana, living space, Michael Ruse, natural selection, Nazis, neo-Nazis, Nordic race, Peter Bowler, Racism, Robert Richards, Social Darwinism, Third Reich, white nationalism}

Darwinian Racism: How Evolutionary Theory Shaped Nazi Thinking

_{Richard Weikart
February 2, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

10}

It was the spring 1999, a Denver suburb. The day, April 20 — Hitler’s birthday. An 18-year-old white nationalist donned a shirt emblazoned “Natural Selection.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 20, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Camosy, coronavirus, disabled, discrimination, Down syndrome, elderly people, epidemic, Europe, healthcare, hospitals, Italians, New York Post, New York State, patients, physicians, quality of life, rationing, smoking, triage, utilitarianism}

No to “Quality of Life” Coronavirus Healthcare Rationing

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 20, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

In a world of bioethicists who primarily eschew the sanctity/equality of life ethic, Fordham University’s Charles Camosy is a refreshing ethicist worthy of the title. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 11, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, assisted suicide, Belgium, bodies, Canada, disabled, euthanasia, MAiD, mentally ill, Netherlands, Ontario, organ donation, patients}

In Canada, Euthanasia as “Boon” to Organ Donation

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 11, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Someday, Canada will probably dispense with the euthanasia part altogether and go straight to killing by organ harvesting. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 17, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, Death with Dignity, dignity, disabilities, disabled, dying, elder care, elderly, Frank Bruni, isolation, love, New York Times, Oregon, pain, poison}

Bruni “Gets It” on Disability Bias — Except for Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 17, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

When New York Times columnist Frank Bruni isn’t driving me nuts, it’s usually because he’s on vacation from his (very well written) column. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 3, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Social Sciences
Tagged
, __tedited, "duty to kill", biological origins, culture, disabled, Ernst Haeckel, ethics, eugenics, euthanasia, forced sterilization, human life, human rights, infanticide, mercy killing, Richard Weikart, sanctity of life, scientism, Social Darwinism, society}

The Darwinian Origins of Euthanasia Advocacy

_{David Klinghoffer
June 3, 2016

Bioethics, Social Sciences

5}

Everything in ethics, every single weighty cultural issue I can think of, hinges on the question of biological origins. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 28, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __tedited, age restriction, competency, culture of death, decision-making, depression, disabled, doctors, euthanasia, Groningen protocol, Health & Wellness, infanticide, killing, legalization, mental illness, neonate, Netherlands, parental consent, protective guidelines, responsibilities, rights, suffering, terminal illness, trust}

The Culture of Death Is Like the Universe

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 28, 2016

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Once set in motion, it never stops expanding. Thus we now see the push in the Netherlands to euthanize children. Read More ›