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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 12, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, assisted suicide, coronavirus, COVID-19, despair, doctors, New Jersey, public policy, suicide prevention}

New Jersey’s Suicide Confusion

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 12, 2020

Bioethics

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With COVID-19, New Jersey officials are worried about a spike in suicide caused by the shutdown. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 7, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Psychology
Sociology
Tagged
, __k-review, calculus, Congress, coronavirus, COVID-19, economics, elderly, epidemiology, euthanasia, experts, health, neurosurgeon, Politics, President, probabilities, public policy, scientists, social distancing, Thomas Aquinas}

Balancing Lives, Economics, and Public Policy in This Plague

_{Michael Egnor
April 7, 2020

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine, Psychology, Sociology

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Our political policy makers (the President, Congress and the Senate, governors, etc.) should make their calculus transparent. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 30, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Sociology
Tagged
, __edited, biotechnology, CRISPR, experts, genetic engineering, healthcare, Joseph Fletcher, Nature (journal), public policy, sanctity of life, University of Cambridge}

Nature Says Bioethics Is Obsolete

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 30, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine, Sociology

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In such a milieu in which there really is no “right” and “wrong,” who needs bioethicists? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 20, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, cancer, debate, egg, embryo, evolution, fertilization, fetus, gravity, human life, ideology, law, Leonardo da Vinci, National Academy of Sciences, parasite, public policy, science, scientists, sperm}

What the Abortion Debate Tells Us About Integrity in Science

_{Michael Egnor
June 20, 2019

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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Science has quite a bit to contribute to our debate about abortion as a matter public policy. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 6, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, antibiotic resistance, consciousness, doctors, euthanasia, family, futile care, Las Vegas, life support, nurse practitioner, organ donation, patients, public policy, quality of life, viruses}

Why Families Should Decide When to “Pull Plugs”

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 6, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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When Frank saw signs of life, doctors would dismiss his observation as a “reflex.” How often I have heard that over 25 years of anti-euthanasia advocacy! Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 8, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, __nedited, "teach the controversy", Board of Education, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, intelligent design, public policy, Royal Society, science, Science Education Policy, science standards, Utah}

Dear Utah: Teach About the Scientific Controversy Over Evolution, Not About Intelligent Design

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 8, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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The Utah Board of Education last week began the state’s science standards review process. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 10, 2015

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __nedited, cerebral cortex, fMRI, gender, junk science, moral agency, phrenology, public policy, Research, scientific racism, sexual dimorphism, transgenderism}

At the Intersection of Phrenology and Public Policy

_{Michael Egnor
December 10, 2015

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Reproductive Science

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A recent PNAS study is the latest iteration of dial-a-science: just call and order science to fit your favored narrative. Read More ›