Tag: Groningen protocol

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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
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 21, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, abortion, Colorado, embryos, faith, fetus, Groningen protocol, human beings, Journal of Medical Ethics, Netherlands, Peter Singer, pregnancy, public policy, rights, Second Amendment, The New England Journal of Medicine, unborn, Vermont, World Health Organization}

Pro-Abortion Absolutism and Its Consequences

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 21, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine, Science

6}

Abortion absolutism is a radical departure from the once well-accepted idea that nascent human beings — at least at some level — deserve respect and protection. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 17, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, Belgium, Canada, coronavirus, euthanasia, Germany, Groningen protocol, human experimentation, infanticide, Jack Kevorkian, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, Netherlands, organ donation, pediatricians, quadriplegia, utilitarianism}

The Jack Kevorkian Plague

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 17, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

9}

The pathogen I mean is a cultural pandemic, the embrace of doctor-prescribed suicide and of administered homicide. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 11, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, ALS, altruism, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, death, euthanasia, Groningen protocol, humanity, infanticide, kidney, surgeons, The New England Journal of Medicine, United Network for Organ Sharing, University of Pennsylvania, vultures}

“Surgeons as ‘Vultures’”: Medical Journal Pushes Harvesting Kidneys from Dying Patients

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 11, 2020

Medicine

4}

When organ-transplant medicine was launched, a wary society was solemnly promised that organs would be taken only from the dead. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 6, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, adults, assisted suicide, children, euthanasia, Groningen protocol, hemlock, infants, killing, Netherlands, New York Times, parents, suffering, United States}

Child Euthanasia: U.S. Bioethicist Supports It

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 6, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Battin’s radical proposals aren’t usually made by U.S. assisted-suicide proponents because they know that our society has not completely swallowed the hemlock (as has the Netherlands). Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 17, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinism, Down syndrome, euthanasia, Groningen protocol, Jerry Coyne, materialism, Peter Singer, theology, University of Michigan}

Darwinian Biologist Endorses Killing Handicapped Babies Who “Suffer”

_{Michael Egnor
July 17, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

10}

This odious stuff never ends. 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 ›