Tag: lethal injection

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 14, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, apology, Brian Kilmeade, broadcasting, dignity, emotion, ethics, Fox News, homeless, hospitalization, human beings, influencers, Iryna Zarutska, lethal injection, media, mental illness, murder, News, North Carolina, TikTok}

Did Brian Kilmeade Actually Say That?

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 14, 2025

Ethics, Medicine

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We have to always remember that people who are homeless have equal intrinsic dignity as all other human beings. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 13, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted dying, assisted suicide, Canada, Canadians, chronic illnesses, disabilities, euthanasia, homicide, lethal injection, MAiD, medical assistance in dying}

Euthanasia Is Fifth-Leading Cause of Death in Canada

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 13, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

Good grief, our closest cultural cousins are jumping into the abyss with a smile on their collective face. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
August 12, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Austria, Canada, Christianity, death, euthanasia, Germany, Joni Eareckson Tada, Judeo-Christian tradition, lethal injection, Netherlands, nihilism, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Spain, suicide, The Death of Humanity, Yuval Noah Harari}

Unalienable Rights, You Say? Why We Must Resist Yuval Harari’s “Scientific” Nihilism

_{Richard Weikart
August 12, 2024

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Medicine

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History attests that when a culture does not draw a firm line protecting human life, it inevitably progresses to ending lives for all manner of reasons. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 23, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, abandonment, assisted suicide, Belgium, Canada, Canadians, doctors, euthanasia, Hippocratic Oath, lethal injection, mental illness, Netherlands, New York Times, patients, policymakers, prescription, psychiatry, suicide, suicide crisis, United States}

NYT Pushes Suicide for the Mentally Ill

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 23, 2023

Bioethics, Science Reporting

4}

Clancy Martin’s first paragraph makes clear why his thesis should be rejected out of hand. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 24, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, assisted suicide, barbiturates, COVID-19, death, Death with Dignity, doctors, euthanasia, lethal injection, morphine, nurse practitioners, pandemic, patients, suicide, telehealth, telemedicine, terminal illness}

Death Activists Oppose Limits on Virtual Access to Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 24, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Science

4}

What activists really seek is assisted suicide (and eventually, lethal-injection euthanasia) without meaningful restrictions. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 11, 2022

Categories
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, abandonment, assisted suicide, Canada, COVID-19, Daily Mail, death, Death with Dignity, doctor, homelessness, lethal injection, lockdown, MAiD, media, medical assistance in dying, poverty, PTSD}

Bioethics: In Canada, Medically Assisted Death Is a Solution for Poverty

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 11, 2022

Medicine, Science

3}

In the U.S., too, many assisted suicides are facilitated by doctors who have not treated the patient. 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
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 12, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, Apple, Boeing, brain death, China, cornea, hearts, human rights, kidneys, lethal injection, lungs, Nike, organ harvesting, prisoners, private sector, skin, South Carolina, United States}

China Credibly Accused of Organ-Harvesting Atrocity

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 12, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

A report presents shocking evidence of horrific human-rights abuses, including from witness testimony, analyses of public records, and reviewing of scholarly reports. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 6, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, British Columbia, dehydration, depression, doctors, euthanasia, homicide, lethal injection, medical treatment, Netherlands, Noa Pothoven, palliative care, Politico, PTSD, self-starvation, Twitter, VSED}

Why VSED Is Indeed Abetted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 6, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

On June 4, news outlets around the world reported that Dutch doctors euthanized a 17-year-old rape victim who suffered from severe PTSD, depression, and anorexia. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 5, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abandonment, adulthood, assisted suicide, depression, doctors, euthanasia, lethal injection, medical treatment, Netherlands, Noa Pothoven, parents, rape, The Guardian, Washington Post}

Abandoned: Teen Dies after Requesting Euthanasia

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 5, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

This is where all assisted suicide and euthanasia legalization laws eventually lead. Read More ›