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Doctor Injecting Patient With Syringe To Collect Blood

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 9, 2020
Patient Care}

National Council on Disability Decries Hickson Death

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 9, 2020
Patient Care}

Michael Hickson died after being refused potential curative treatment for COVID and being shuttled to hospice instead because — as a quadriplegic and cognitively disabled man — his doctor said he had an insufficient “quality of life” to save him, and that such care would not ameliorate his underlying disabilities. Here is Mairead McArdle’s reporting on the case. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 6, 2020
Euthanasia, Human Exceptionalism}

The Deadly “Quality of Life” Ethic

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July 6, 2020
Euthanasia, Human Exceptionalism}

Something evil happened recently in Austin. Michael Hickson, a forty-six-year-old African-American man with quadriplegia and a serious brain injury, was refused treatment at St. David’s Hospital South Austin while ill with COVID-19. Read More ›

^{Tom Shakely
July 4, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

Independence Day and Renewed Vigor

_{Tom Shakely
July 4, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

Happy Independence Day! As America marks July 4th, it’s worth taking a few moments to pause in gratitude for the Declaration of Independence and its lasting importance for what America’s framers recognized about the human person, the source of human dignity, and the nature of human rights. Clarke Forsythe, Senior Counsel at Americans United for Life (and a colleague and friend) writes in National Review today on why the Declaration still matters for all Americans: Amid our national dialogue over race and justice, my family’s reading of the Declaration of Independence will be even more meaningful than usual this Fourth of July. At the core of the Declaration — the founding political document of America — is the principle that the Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 1, 2020
Nature and Conservation}

DeSantis Does End Around ‘Nature Rights’

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July 1, 2020
Nature and Conservation}

The Florida Democrat Party has a “nature rights” plank in its platform and the movement was actively trying to bring the rights of nature to the Sunshine State. Given the trends, there was a clear and present danger of enactment. Read More ›

Measure fever in senior citizens in the nursing home because of Covid-19

^{Wesley J. Smith
June 22, 2020
Patient Care}

Deadly COVID Discrimination against the Elderly in Sweden

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 22, 2020
Patient Care}

We have seen how the most vulnerable to death from COVID have been abused in this country with, for example, New York and other states’ ordering infected COVID patients to be admitted to nursing homes, spreading the disease. Read More ›

Dripping reagent into test tube with liquid sample, closeup. Laboratory analysis

^{Wesley J. Smith
June 17, 2020
Genetic Manipulation}

Ban Germ-Line Genetically Engineered Babies

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 17, 2020
Genetic Manipulation}

When a scientist in China proudly announced the birth of the first germ-line genetically engineered babies — meaning the alterations would flow down the generations — there was a firestorm. But notably, despite the screaming and arrest of the scientist by China (as if the authorities in the great tyranny didn’t know what he was up to), nothing was done to legally prevent other researchers from using the CRISPR technique to genetically engineer embryos and/or bring them to birth. Read More ›

Bottle with pills euthanasia viagra alternative analgesics antibiotics care — Photo by BillionPhotos.com on Adobe Stock

^{Wesley J. Smith
June 15, 2020
Euthanasia}

Dutch MD Euthanized Dementia Patient Despite Being Told ‘No’

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 15, 2020
Euthanasia}

I have written before about Marinou Arends, the Dutch doctor who euthanized a woman with dementia struggling to stay alive. Readers may recall the doctor first drugged her patient’s coffee and then, when the woman awakened and fought against being killed, had the family hold the patient down while administering the lethal injection. Not only was she exonerated, but she was even praised by the judge. Read More ›

Older woman lying in hospital bed alone looking at the Christian crucifix asking for her healing.

^{Wesley J. Smith
June 11, 2020
Patient Care}

Peter Singer Endorses Medical Discrimination Against Elderly in COVID Crisis

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June 11, 2020
Patient Care}

The utilitarian bioethicist Peter Singer does not believe that human life has intrinsic value based simply on being human. Rather, he endorses a “quality of life” ethic in which some of us have greater value than others. Read More ›

Black Lives Matter Protest in Auburn, WA (June 2, 2020)

^{Wesley J. Smith
June 3, 2020
Human Dignity, Human Rights}

Racism Violates Human Exceptionalism

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 3, 2020
Human Dignity, Human Rights}

As the country mourns the awful killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, we should reflect on the importance of human exceptionalism in fighting the poison of bigotry in all its forms. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
June 2, 2020
Euthanasia}

Doctors Now Assist Suicides via Zoom

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 2, 2020
Euthanasia}

We are always told that “strict guidelines will protect against abuse.” It’s always been baloney. As sold, assisted suicide was supposed to only be engaged between doctors of long-standing and patients well known to the prescriber. Read More ›