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Wesley J. Smith

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May 19, 2019

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Bioethics
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Medical Conscience for Me, but Not for Thee

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May 19, 2019

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The more elective the desired intervention, the greater should be the right of medical conscience. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

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May 3, 2019

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Bioethics
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Reproductive MD Association Blesses Useless Interventions

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May 3, 2019

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Public confidence in institutions is eroding, including trust in our healthcare system. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine adds gravity to that slide. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 30, 2019

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Medicine
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In Canada, Medical Doctors Kill Thousands in 2018

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April 30, 2019

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If 1.12 percent of our deaths in the U.S. were doctor-homicides, it would amount to nearly 30,000. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
April 22, 2019

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Bioethics
Medicine
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Before Texas Senate Committee, Smith Testifies on Medical Coercion Law, “Worst in the U.S.”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 22, 2019

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Thank you to Wesley J. Smith for fighting what’s often a very lonely fight against the increasingly dehumanizing tendency in contemporary medicine. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 20, 2019

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Bioethics
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, __cedited, assisted suicide, courts, culture, Europe, European Union, Germany, human rights, law, patients, physicians, suicide}

German High Court to Rule on Right to Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 20, 2019

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If the continent’s most important country embraces the culture of death, the darkness will spread. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 8, 2019

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __cedited, advance directive, assisted suicide, Compassion and Choices, dementia, doctors, dying, eating, euthanasia, fluids, food, Hemlock Society, interpretation, nurses, patients, treatment}

“Starve Me” Advance Directive Would Be Immoral

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 8, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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Many of these provisions are, to say the least, subject to interpretation. And people with dementia may refuse food one meal, and accept the next. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 6, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
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Dr. Egnor on Free Will and the “Alien Hand”

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April 6, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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A reader asked whether this disproves the unity and freedom of the will. It appears that the patient wills two things simultaneously: getting dressed and getting undressed. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 2, 2019

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __cedited, bioethicists, culture of death, Hippocratic Oath, hospital, ideology, interventions, nurses, patients, progressivism, suicide, suicide prevention}

So Now Will Nurses Only Prevent Some Suicides?

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 2, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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Here’s the problem. The leadership of organized medicine and mainstream bioethicists are increasingly joining the progressive ideological coalition. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 2, 2019

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Bioethics
Medicine
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Darkness Rising: As It Turns Out, Not All Newborns Have a Right to Life

_{Michael Egnor
March 2, 2019

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The culture of death — the dehumanization of the vulnerable and the unwanted — is fast upon us. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 6, 2019

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Medicine
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, __cedited, assisted suicide, death certificate, euthanasia, HIV, legalization, malpractice, medical conscience, New Mexico, nurse, patients, physicians, telemedicine, terminal illness}

New Mexico’s Radical Assisted Suicide Legislation

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January 6, 2019

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The assisted suicide movement is akin to a death cult. The ultimate ideological point isn’t to provide a last resort escape for the imminently dying. Read More ›