Tag: legislation

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 13, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bureaucrats, carbon trading, dams, development, ecosystems, free market, Great Lakes, human flourishing, industry, legislation, life forms, monetization, nature rights, New York State, Ohio, patenting, Toledo, water, watersheds}

New York State: Rights for Lakes, Waterways

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 13, 2025

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Intelligent Design

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For the future good of human flourishing, we need to take the “nature rights” movement seriously. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 17, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, business, Congress, corporations, currency, environmental movement, environmentalists, Florida, granite outcroppings, Great Salt Lake, human rights, Idaho, inflation, legal standing, legislation, nature, nature rights, Ohio, personhood, pond scum, radicals, rivers, Santa Monica, states, Utah}

Utah Versus Nature Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 17, 2024

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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Utah is the fourth state — the others are Ohio, Florida, and Idaho — restricting rights to the human realm where they belong. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 28, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, California, childbirth, culture, depravity, infanticide, legislation, Maryland, medicine, pregnancy}

Depravity: California Bill to Permit Infant Death by Neglect

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 28, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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Okay. Let’s be careful. Perhaps that wording just applies to preborn babies or the right not to get pregnant at all. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 18, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Science Reporting
Tagged
, college students, ecosystem, Enterprise, Florida, Great Lakes, Lake Erie, legislation, nature rights, New York State, Orange County, radicals, Toledo, watershed}

“Great Lakes Bill of Rights” Legislation Introduced

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 18, 2022

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Science Reporting

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Based on the chat-room comments, I was viewed by the college students who watched as the skunk at the party for defending human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 21, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, advance directive, Alzheimer’s disease, assisted suicide, dementia, despair, disabilities, doctors, family, infanticide, killing, legislation, lethal injection, mental illness, Netherlands, organ harvesting, patients, Reuters}

Dutch Supreme Court Approves Euthanasia for Dementia

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 21, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

The Reuters story leaves out some details. The doctor had drugged the woman before starting to euthanize her, and instructed the family to hold the struggling patient down. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 29, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, Christians, Discovery Institute, evolution, First Amendment, free speech, homework, Jews, legislation, Ohio, pedagogy, Science Education Policy, strengths and weaknesses, U.S. Constitution, Washington Post}

Fact and Fiction: Ohio Bill Stirs Needless Alarm

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 29, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

3}

This proposed law largely echoes the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment on free speech (including on religious matters). Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 20, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __edited, activists, ecosystem, Green New Deal, Lake Erie, legislation, nature rights, Ohio, pollution, prosperity, science journals, Toledo}

Ohio Bans “Nature Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 20, 2019

Bioethics

2}

Be it noted that “nature rights” is not aimed primarily at preventing pollution. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 3, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, Alabama, evolution, free speech, intelligent design, legislation, public education, students, teachers, universities}

Alabama Legislature Passes Bill Supporting University Academic Freedom

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 3, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

2}

Kudos to Alabama for making free speech a priority in public education! Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
April 1, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom bills, creationism, Donald Trump, Edwards v. Aguillard, evolution, fake news, First Amendment, Genesis, intelligent design, journalism, law, lawyer, legislation, Louisiana Science Education Act, mainstream science, Neo-Darwinism, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Supreme Court, Tennessee, United States, Zack Kopplin}

On Academic Freedom Laws, National Law Review Takes a Tumble

_{Sarah Chaffee
April 1, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

6}

What a mess would-be attorney Megan Sullivan has made of her research. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 30, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom bills, April Fools’ Day, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, education, Eugenie Scott, Glenn Branch, headline, indoctrination, legislation, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), strengths and weaknesses, teachers}

From Darwin-Only National Center for Science Education, a Pre-April Fools’ Day Gag?

_{David Klinghoffer
March 30, 2019

Evolution, Science Education

2}

So they’re finally admitting to what we’ve been saying for years — that evolution “indoctrination,” not education, is what they favor? Read More ›