newborn-baby-holding-mothers-hand-stockpack-adobe-stock-373461432-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date March 28, 2026 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , abortion, antiboyism, antigirlism, authoritarianism, baby, bioethics, breasts, California, carefreeness, children, China, choice, coercion, discrimination, Ethics (journal), force, gestating, gestation, girls, medicine, mothering, peer-reviewed journals, philosophers, physical restraint, pregnancy, pro-abortion, pro-choice, pro-life, sedation, terminology, totalitarianism, transgender, University of British Columbia Ethics Journal Urges MANDATORY Abortion for Pregnant Minors Wesley J. Smith March 28, 2026 Bioethics, Medicine 6 There is a word to describe “philosophy” like this: totalitarian. Indeed, it reminds me of China’s “one-child” policy. Read More ›
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, health, human cloning, lawyers, medical conscience, philosophers, pro-life, 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, data integrity, Discovery Institute, disinformation, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), evolutionary biologists, fertility, Harvard University, 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, corals, egg, embryo, fetus, Homo sapiens, human being, human development, human life, Jerry Coyne, microorganisms, morality, mother, murder, pain, pro-life, Roman Catholic, sperm, sponges, tissue, 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 , abortion, asexual reproduction, budding, corals, egg, embryo, fetus, Homo sapiens, human being, human development, human life, Jerry Coyne, microorganisms, morality, mother, murder, pain, pro-life, Roman Catholic, sperm, sponges, tissue, 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, 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, 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 ›