March for Science Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 26, 2024 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , abortion, anti-racism, assisted suicide, bioethicists, disability, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), embryonic stem cells, equity, experts, Gaza, gender, gobbledygook, Hastings Center Report, health, human cloning, lawyers, medical conscience, philosophers, pro-life, progressive ideology, race, Roman Catholic, Second Amendment, sexuality, technocracy, woke ideology Bioethicists Want to Rule the World! Wesley J. Smith April 26, 2024 Bioethics, Medicine 4 It seems to me that the best approach to the policy opinions of mainstream bioethicists is to consider the source, shrug, and carry on. Read More ›
laboratory Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date January 18, 2024 CategoriesBioethicsMetasciencePaleontologyScientific Trustworthiness Tagged , abortions, Campbell's Law, conflict of interest, data integrity, Discovery Institute, disinformation, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), evolutionary biologists, fertility, Frontiers in Psychology, Goodhart's Law, Harvard University, Laszlo Bencze, mental health, Mind Matters, peer review, perverse incentives, pregnancy, pro-life, Retraction Crisis, Robert J. Marks II, Walter Bradley Center Peer Review May Be Beyond Reform Denyse O’Leary January 18, 2024 Bioethics, Metascience, Paleontology, Scientific Trustworthiness 5 Harvard is going to have quite a job convincing the world that it is still serious about reality-based thinking, never mind peer review. Read More ›
pregnant Type post Author Michael Egnor Date December 31, 2022 CategoriesBioethicsBiologyMedicine Tagged , abortion, asexual reproduction, budding, chromosome mosaicism, corals, egg, embryo, fetus, hermaphrodite, Homo fetus, Homo sapiens, human being, human development, human life, Jerry Coyne, mentation, microorganisms, morality, mother, murder, neonate, pain, person, pro-life, Roman Catholic, sperm, sponges, tissue, transient gestational hermaphroditism, womb, worms, zygote #2 Story of 2022: If a Fetus Isn’t a Human Being, What Is It? Michael Egnor December 31, 2022 Bioethics, Biology, Medicine 7 How is it that a leading professor of biology could fundamentally misunderstand the biology of human development? Read More ›
pregnant Type post Author Michael Egnor Date May 11, 2022 CategoriesBioethicsBiologyMedicine Tagged , __trending, abortion, asexual reproduction, budding, chromosome mosaicism, corals, egg, embryo, fetus, hermaphrodite, Homo fetus, Homo sapiens, human being, human development, human life, Jerry Coyne, mentation, microorganisms, morality, mother, murder, neonate, pain, person, pro-life, Roman Catholic, sperm, sponges, tissue, transient gestational hermaphroditism, womb, worms, zygote If a Fetus Isn’t a Human Being, What Is It? Michael Egnor May 11, 2022 Bioethics, Biology, Medicine 7 How is it that a leading professor of biology could fundamentally misunderstand the biology of human development? Read More ›
patient Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 7, 2019 CategoriesMedicine Tagged , __edited, abortion, ACLU, churches, Colorado, doctors, Hippocratic Oath, hospitals, Kaiser Health News, medical professionals, patients, physician-assisted suicide, pro-life, religious beliefs, Roman Catholic, sterilization Colorado Doctor Fired after Suing Catholic Hospital over Assisted Suicide Wesley J. Smith September 7, 2019 Medicine 2 The ACLU has already sued several Catholic hospitals over the last few years seeking to force them to violate church doctrine. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date December 9, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsScientific Freedom Tagged , __tedited, abortions, France, laws, pro-life, totalitarianism Currently Turned Against Pro-Lifers, French Totalitarian Impulse Can Easily Jump Oceans David Klinghoffer December 9, 2016 Bioethics, Scientific Freedom 3 We wrongly see liberalism and leftism as being on some kind of continuum. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 2, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, “consensus science”, assisted suicide, coercion, conscience rights, conscientious objection, euthanasia, freedom of religion, Health & Wellness, Hippocratic Oath, medical conscience, organ harvesting, pro-life Bioethics “Consensus Statement” Would Force Doctors to Kill and Abort Wesley J. Smith September 2, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 3 The question of medical conscience — as a subset of religious liberty — is going to be one of the most contentious issues facing us in the next decade. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 25, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, dehumanization, discrimination, human life, infanticide, meaninglessness, pro-life, quality of life When "Quality of Life" Means "Not Worthy of Life" Wesley J. Smith August 25, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 2 There is a fight going on in the UK about whether to keep a seriously ill baby on life support or put her in palliative care to die. Read More ›