Tag: legislation

Modern open-plan science laboratory with researchers in white coats working at workstations, bright natural light, 4k, Generative AI.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 2, 2026

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, amateurs, anti-science, authoritarianism, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin, climate change, COVID, debate, Department of Health and Human Services, engineers, freedom of inquiry, government, Gregor Mendel, health-care workers, humankind, Jane Goodall, legislation, misinformation, Nature (journal), patients, registration, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., scientific inquiry, scientists, South Africa, Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, transgenderism, vaccine skeptics}

Register Scientists with the Government? Top Journal Says Yes!

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 2, 2026

Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

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It would be a means of controlling who is allowed to “do” science and the ability to determine what can be communicated to the public. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 13, 2025

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

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, human rights, Idaho, inflation, legal standing, legislation, nature, nature rights, Ohio, personhood, radicals, rivers, Santa Monica, 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, 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}

“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
, __cedited, 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

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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, 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

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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, Lake Erie, legislation, nature rights, Ohio, pollution, prosperity, science journals, Toledo}

Ohio Bans “Nature Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 20, 2019

Bioethics

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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
, __cedited, 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

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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
, __cedited, 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

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