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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 3, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bone, brain, consciousness, corpus callosotomy, Denyse O'Leary, epilepsy, legs, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, neurosurgery, seizures, skull, split-brain surgery, surgery}

New Book, The Immortal Mind, Out Today — The Brain Can Be Split, but Not the Mind

_{Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary
June 3, 2025

Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Even when the brain is split in half, many important aspects of the mind remain unified. Thus, the mind is something that the brain isn’t. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 31, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, anatomy, Ball State University, bigotry, blasphemy, cancel culture, censorship, Center for Science and Culture, Colin Wright, evolution, freedom from religion foundation, gender, heresy, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Lawrence Krauss, Ohio, realism, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, surgery, The Boundaries of Science, transgenderism, University of Chicago, Wall Street Journal, woke ideology}

Standing O for Jerry Coyne?

_{David Klinghoffer
March 31, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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Using his power and the prestige brand of his university to bully someone like Eric Hedin was nothing less than loathsome. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 15, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Belgium, Canada, Cornell University, human life, kidneys, Netherlands, organ transplant, organs, Peter Singer, pigs, surgery}

Saving Humans Is More Important than Saving Pigs

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 15, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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A potential avenue of increasing the supply of organs — xenotransplantation — is not, in my view, morally problematic in the least. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 27, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, children, Friedrich Nietzsche, gender dysphoria, hormones, lifestyle, mastectomies, Medicaid, mental illness, penis, puberty, Singularity, spinal cord, Stanford University, surgery, transgenderism, transhumanism, uterus, vagina}

We’re Seeing the First Wave of Applied Transhumanism

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 27, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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OK. Let’s get real. Most of the morphological transformations for which transhumanists yearn will almost surely never come to pass. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 2, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Arkansas, breasts, California, children, lawsuits, malpractice, medical conscience, medical professionals, parents, puberty blocker, surgery, transgenderism}

Medical Malpractice Lawsuits to the Rescue

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 2, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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State legislatures are considering bills to remedy a problem by lengthening their statute of limitations when the procedures were done on minors. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 28, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Europe, gender, gender dysphoria, gender ideology, hormones, lawsuits, Medicaid, medical care, New Zealand, pediatricians, puberty blockers, puberty blocking, surgery, transgenderism, United States}

In U.S. and Europe, Gender Ideology as “Settled Science” Is Crumbling

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 28, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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In the U.S., an increasing number of states are passing laws or guidelines to protect children from potentially irreversible and life-shattering outcomes. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 28, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, brains, children, eugenics, evolution, faith, genitalia, government, Humanize, Jay Richards, John West, media, medicine, mutilation, Racism, sterilization, surgery, transgenderism, Wesley Smith}

Eugenics Movement Presents Remarkable Historical Parallels with “Gender-Affirming Care”

_{David Klinghoffer
November 28, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine

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Pushing trans theory on young children, molding their brains before they’ve reached the age of consent, is hardly giving them a free choice. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
November 17, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, atheism, Batsell Barrett Baxter, C.S. Lewis, cancer, chemotherapy, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, human beings, In the Beginning, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, jesus, Melissa Wehmann Sewell, pain, philosophers, suffering, surgery}

Intelligent Design and the Problem of Pain

_{Granville Sewell
November 17, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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It is often claimed that the design inference is a religious conclusion. It is not. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 23, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, gender affirmation, health, malpractice, medical ethics, medical school, medicine, neurosurgery, patients, public education, surgeons, surgery, The Federalist}

Dr. Michael Egnor: “Operating on Healthy Bodies Defies Surgical Ethics”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 23, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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"A well-performed operation is still malpractice (or even assault) if it is not done for valid medical reasons." Read More ›

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Date
September 17, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Europe, gender affirmation, gender dysphoria, information, medicine, mental health, Michael Egnor, National Health Service, patients, penis, Seattle, surgery, teenagers, testicles, United States, University of Washington}

Egnor: Why More Sex Change Medicine for Teens in U.S. than Europe?

_{Science & Culture
September 17, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

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One factor in the difference between the United States and Europe may be less accurate information in the United States. Read More ›