Pottery_Making Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date November 27, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsEngineeringMedicine Tagged , __k-review, babies, CRISPR, embryo, FDA, gene editing, genes, genetic engineering, genome, He Jiankui, HIV, human life, illness, MIT Technology Review, protocols, sperm, United States, uterus Genetically Engineered Babies Are Born: Life as Potter’s Clay Wesley J. Smith November 27, 2018 Bioethics, Engineering, Medicine 4 The birth of gene-edited children — which I discussed here just yesterday — has been confirmed. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date June 1, 2018 CategoriesMedicine Tagged , __k-review, death, Death with Dignity, drugs, Food and Drug Administration, fraud, health insurance, hospice, illness, law, medication, medicine, patients, stem cells The Downsides of “Right to Try” Wesley J. Smith June 1, 2018 Medicine 3 A lot of people are cheering the law enacted recently, which permits terminally ill people access to experimental drugs not yet approved by the FDA. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 31, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, American Medical Association, assisted suicide, death certificate, democracy, doctors, drugs, euphemism, euthanasia, families, illness, law, lethal injection, lying, medicine, mercy killing, Minnesota, overdose, patients Forced to Lie About Assisted Suicide Wesley J. Smith May 31, 2018 Bioethics, Medicine 3 In its advocacy memes, the assisted-suicide movement often lies, prevaricates, spins, word engineers, and obfuscates. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 1, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, Alfie Evans, bioethicists, Charlie Gard, doctors, experts, futile care theory, health care, hospital, illness, judges, life support, medicine, parents, patients, technocracy Alfie Evans, a Victim of Technocracy Wesley J. Smith May 1, 2018 Bioethics, Medicine 4 This was about raw power. If Alfie had escaped the diktat, there would soon be others demanding their freedom too. Read More ›
dignity Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date February 10, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, Alzheimer’s, anxiety, assisted suicide, CNN, dignity, hospice, illness, suffering, suicide Defining Dignity Up Wesley J. Smith February 10, 2018 Bioethics, Medicine 6 When you look at the studies of why people decide to commit assisted suicide or be euthanized, a consistent pattern emerges. Read More ›
