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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __nedited, abortion, biotechnology, chromosomes, cloning, fetus, Frankenstein, genetic material, gestation, human cloning, human life, IVF, mitochondria, mitochondrial DNA, UK Parliament, United Kingdom, zygote}

First State-Sanctioned Three-Parent Babies to be Born

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 4, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences, Medicine

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The children could have serious health consequences — either early or later in life — having been generated, after all, from two broken eggs. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 2, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Ann Gauger, biologic institute, Darwinism, Down syndrome, egg, Frankenstein, human beings, human cloning, human dignity, human life, pregnancy, reproductive cloning, Richard Weikart, Tyler O’Neil}

Macaque Monkeys and Human Dignity

_{David Klinghoffer
February 2, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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Why does the evolution debate matter so intensely? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, conscience rights, doctors, faith, human life, medicine, patients, physicians, technocrats}

Medical Establishment Opposes Conscience Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 26, 2018

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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The Massachusetts Medical Society wants their pro-life colleagues, and those who believe in the Hippocratic Oath, to be forced to violate religious and moral beliefs. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 12, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Alabama, fetus, human life, personhood, zygote}

A (New) Argument for Abortion

_{Michael Egnor
May 12, 2017

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Medicine

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The argument is important for the inanity of its logic and its implications for human exceptionalism and the protection of innocent life. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 8, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, embryo, embryology, fetus, human life, life, personhood, Slate}

Fetal Heartbeat Doesn’t Prove “Life”?

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 8, 2017

Bioethics, Life Sciences, Medicine

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Some people keep pretending that we don’t know when human life begins. Read More ›

Photo from the March for Science in San Francisco, California, on April 22, 2017.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 3, 2017

Categories
Ethics
Political Science
Tagged
, __nedited, abortion, Alex Berezow, environmentalism, feminism, human life, March for Science, politicization, scientism}

March for Science Gets “Hijacked” by Partisanship

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 3, 2017

Ethics, Political Science

2}

If science ever becomes conflated in the public mind with left-wing advocacy, it will profoundly harm that crucial sector. Read More ›

Statue of Lady Justice in front of the Romer in Frankfurt

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 9, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Medicine
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __nedited, embryos, human life, human rights, in vitro fertilization, wisdom}

When Embryos Sue

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 9, 2016

Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine, Reproductive Science

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Here is my Solomonic take on a story illustrating the moral conundrums wrought by reproductive technologies. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 25, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __tedited, dehumanization, discrimination, human life, infanticide, meaninglessness, pro-life, quality of life}

When "Quality of Life" Means "Not Worthy of Life"

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 25, 2016

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

There is a fight going on in the UK about whether to keep a seriously ill baby on life support or put her in palliative care to die. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 3, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Social Sciences
Tagged
, __tedited, 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
Michael Flannery

Date
May 12, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Sociology
Tagged
, __tedited, atheism, Darwin: Portrait of a Genius, human exceptionalism, human life, Paul Johnson, Peter Singer, purpose, Richard Weikart, secular culture, self-awareness, Social Darwinism, Susan Blackmore}

Debating Weikart, Peter Singer and Susan Blackmore Omit Atheism’s Glaring Contradictions

_{Michael Flannery
May 12, 2016

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Sociology

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I find troubling Singer's barometer of human worth -- tied to self-awareness -- leading as it does to dangerous nonsense. Read More ›