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vial, covid-19, coronavirus vaccine ampoule, bottle for injection with syringe

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 14, 2021
Conscience}

Ezekiel ‘Mandate’ Emanuel Strikes Again

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 14, 2021
Conscience}

If Ezekiel Emanuel thinks it is wise policy, the country’s preeminent bioethicist generally wants to mandate it. For example, he repeatedly called for mandatory national shutdowns. He has urged that all children be forced to have a flu shot every year. He also advocated that different levels of government impose vaccine mandates. He also believes that doctors should be required to perform abortions when asked, or find an abortionist for the patient if they have a conscientious objection. “Mandate” should be Emanuel’s middle name. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 13, 2021
Transgenderism}

Bioethicist: Impose Puberty Blocking over Parental Objection

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 13, 2021
Transgenderism}

Transgender ideology has advanced so far that serious proposals in the most respected medical and bioethics journals are being made to push parents out of the way if they oppose their child’s transition. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 11, 2021
Abortion}

Vermont’s Proposed Reproductive Anarchy Constitutional Amendment

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 11, 2021
Abortion}

Vermont already has established an absolute statutory right to abortion through the ninth month, and deprives embryos and fetuses of any rights — whether or not in a uterus — which opens the door to their ready use in experimentation and as suppliers of organs for transplant. But that’s not enough, apparently. Proposal 5, passed in the Vermont Legislature in the 2019 session, would open the door to reproductive anarchy. Read More ›

Man in prison hands of behind hold Steel cage jail bars. offender criminal locked in jail. filter dark vintage.

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 10, 2021
Patient Care}

Court Wrong to Okay Refusal of Life-Saving Medication to Prisoners

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 10, 2021
Patient Care}

This is outrageous. Kentucky denied a prisoner with hepatitis a life-saving drug that always works — because of the expense. Now, a court of appeals ruling finds that the move is constitutional. Read More ›

^{Tom Shakely
July 9, 2021
Human Dignity, Human Flourishing}

‘Suffering and Sacrifice Are Part of a Flourishing Human Life’

_{Tom Shakely
July 9, 2021
Human Dignity, Human Flourishing}

Dr. Jennifer Frey delivered an excellent talk on “Suffering and the Problem of Evil” to the Thomistic Institute’s Yale University chapter this April. Listen to the whole talk, which I think is really a call to be practically wise amidst the tumult of our chaotic lives. I’ve transcribed the below from Dr. Frey’s talk and any errors are mine. First, on the classical view of justice: Now, it’s central to the virtue of justice in particular that there are certain things we must never do because that sort of action is to wrong someone. So, if we were to commit this sort of action—the wronging someone sort of action—then we would be not exercising justice but injustice. Murder, torture, rape, Read More ›

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^{Tom Shakely
July 7, 2021
Abortion}

A Time for Choosing on Roe and the Abortion Regime

_{Tom Shakely
July 7, 2021
Abortion}

The U.S. Supreme Court must reverse Roe v. Wade, writes Ramesh Ponnuru: “[Pro-Lifers] ought to be seeking nothing less than the full overturning of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. We ought to be asking, that is, for a declaration that the Constitution contains no right to abortion, allows legislatures to enact bans on abortion, and does not authorize judicial second-guessing of those bans. … The pro-life movement and Republican politicians should explain that overturning Roe won’t by itself ban abortion. They should make that point because it’s accurate, because it will help prepare pro-lifers for the political battles to come if they succeed in court, and because it will do a little to calm the nerves of those who fear drastic and sudden change in abortion Read More ›

Netherlands healthcare concept. Medical stethoscope with country flag

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 7, 2021
Euthanasia}

Dutch Death Doctors Pitch the Euthanasia Bull

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 7, 2021
Euthanasia}

Dutch euthanasia enthusiasts always pretend that doctors there commit homicide by lethal injection “only as a last resort” when nothing else can be done to eliminate “unbearable suffering.” What a pile of manure! Read More ›

Hands of the old man and a young man on a white bed in a hospital.

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 5, 2021
Patient Care}

Computer Program Developed in Canada to Predict When Seniors Have 6 Months to Live

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 5, 2021
Patient Care}

As if we needed further evidence that medicine is growing increasingly impersonal, the Canadian Medical Association Journal has published a study that claims a computer program can predict when seniors have six months to live. Read More ›

^{Tom Shakely
July 1, 2021
Abortion}

The Supreme Court and American Independence from Abortion

_{Tom Shakely
July 1, 2021
Abortion}

The U.S. Supreme Court is once again turning to the issue of abortion, having decided to consider Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization later this year. At the heart of the case is a Mississippi law that would protect human life at 15 weeks from conception, the moment of sperm-egg fusion at which science and medicine recognize that a new and distinct human life comes into existence. The Supreme Court won’t hear the Mississippi case until this fall, and America likely won’t learn of their decision until next summer. In the meantime, we’ll be left to speculate. Ever since the Supreme Court created abortion rights out of thin air with its 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade, it has been Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
June 29, 2021
Human Rights}

Nike Chooses China Profits Over Uyghur Slaves

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 29, 2021
Human Rights}

Nike’s president and CEO, John J. Donahoe, recently declared his company’s unequivocal fealty to the Chinese tyranny. During the “4th Quarter Earnings Call” to discuss the company’s profit projections, Donahoe bragged that Nike “is a brand of China and for China.” Read More ›