In Canada, Euthanasia Yes — Palliative Care, Not So Much

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 19, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Canada has created a positive right to euthanasia — including coercing dissenting doctors. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
October 4, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, Caltech, DNA, Douglas Axe, E. coli, enzymes, evolution, Frances Arnold, George P. Smith, Gregory P. Winter, industry, intelligent design, Matti Leisola, medicine, mutations, Nobel Prize, oxymoron, proteins, science, sequence space, universe, University of Missouri}

It’s Not “Evolution” — A Nobel Prize for Engineering Enzymes

_{Ann Gauger
October 4, 2018

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

In effect, protein engineers are using the power of random change plus intelligent design to see what if anything will improve function. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 23, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, aging, Alzheimer’s, cancer, death, disease, elderly, Ezekiel Emanuel, health, health insurance, life, medical care, medicine, University of Illinois, utilitarianism}

A “Healthspan” Duty to Die for the Elderly?

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 23, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

University of Illinois professor S. Jay Olshansky argues that it is time to shift medicine’s focus — starting at age 65 — away from “life extension.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 12, 2018

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, cancer, doctors, euthanasia, grandchildren, homicide, medicine, mother, New York Times}

A Daughter’s Lament

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 12, 2018

Medicine

4}

A New York Times writer asks, “Could I Kill My Mother?” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Australia, authoritarianism, Canada, doctors, health care, Hippocratic Oath, human rights, medical conscience, medicine, nurses, Ontario, pharmacists, progressive, suicide}

The Drive to Obliterate “Medical Conscience”

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 8, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

An international effort seeks to transform abortion into a positive right, which would require the state to guarantee access. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, doctors, emergency room, health care, hospice, medicine, mental health, oncology, patients, terminal illness}

“Zero Suicide” Project Forgets about Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 8, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

It rarely fails. I see a news story lauding a suicide-prevention program. But then I check it out. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 5, 2018

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Benjamin Libet, brain, Edward Feser, English literature, handicapped, Hannah Arendt, intelligence, materialism, medicine, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, newborn, patients, physician, soul, Thomas Aquinas, Wilder Penfield}

Neuroscientist Michael Egnor, the Philosophical Physician, on Science and the Soul

_{David Klinghoffer
July 5, 2018

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

3}

Try to read his essay through to the end without getting chills. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 1, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, California, circumcision, Constitution, doctors, free speech, gender dysphoria, infant, litigation, medical conscience, medical professionals, medicine, nurses, puberty, suicide, Supreme Court}

A Win for Medical Conscience

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 1, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Powerful forces want to compel doctors to violate their consciences in their professional lives. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 12, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfie Evans, authoritarianism, autonomy, Charlie Gard, doctors, futile care theory, hypocrisy, killing, medicine, Nazism, patients, technocracy, treatment, United Kingdom, utilitarianism}

Bioethicists to the People: “Obey Us!”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 12, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Udo Schuklenk is furious at the public backlash against the forced removal of life support from Alfie Evans in the U.K. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 3, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Europe, health, hospital, Ireland, lifestyle, Margaret Sanger, medicine, modernism, mother, paganism, pregnancy, pyramids, Roman Catholic, Stonehenge}

Ireland Goes Back to Its Roots

_{Michael Egnor
June 3, 2018

Bioethics, Faith & Science

5}

It is a matter of fact — a straightforward scientific fact known since the basics of human reproduction were first understood — that human life begins at fertilization of the egg by the sperm. Read More ›