Category: Conscience

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 17, 2021
Conscience}

Medical Journal: Train Medical Students to Be Woke Social Activists

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 17, 2021
Conscience}

There the New England Journal of Medicine goes pushing woke agendas again. This time, the extremely politically progressive medical journal has published an article urging that medical students be taught that left-wing social-justice engagement should be among their professional duties. Read More ›

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
March 7, 2021
Conscience}

The French Revolution is Attacking the American Revolution

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 7, 2021
Conscience}

“That’s insane!” These days, how often do we say those words? The litany could go on and on. Dr. Seuss is suddenly persona non grata, six of his books removed from publication because they are “racist” and “hateful.” That’s insane! Read More ›

A transgender flag being waved at LGBT gay pride march

^{Wesley J. Smith
February 15, 2021
Conscience}

California Insurance Commissioner Orders Health Insurance to Pay for Minors’ Transgender Mastectomies

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 15, 2021
Conscience}

I missed this when it happened in December, but it is worth noticing now. California’s Insurance Commissioner has decided that health-insurance companies must pay for the removal of the healthy breasts of biological minor girls with gender dysphoria, just as they would if the surgery was required for cancer or a serious injury. Read More ›

Doctor in blue uniform with stethoscope attached to handcuffed at the wrist.

^{Wesley J. Smith
February 11, 2021
Conscience, Euthanasia}

California Bill to Force M.D. Participation in Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 11, 2021
Conscience, Euthanasia}

When activists successfully legalized assisted suicide in California, they persuaded the California Medical Association to shift from opposition to neutrality with the promise that no doctor would be forced to participate. But here’s the thing with assisted suicide: Such promises are made to be broken. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
January 22, 2021
Conscience}

Equality Act’s Attack on Religious Liberty, Medical Conscience

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 22, 2021
Conscience}

President Biden said during the campaign that he supported the Equality Act, which is being sold as a means of guaranteeing equality for LGBT people. But it does more than that. It would destroy medical conscience by removing existing protections that permit doctors and nurses to refuse participation in abortion, and it would gut the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
December 12, 2020
Conscience}

Not Identifying Sex on Birth Certificates Pushed in New England Journal of Medicine

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 12, 2020
Conscience}

The New England Journal of Medicine continues its hard swing to the woke left. Now, it has published an advocacy article that would remove sex designation as an identifiable factor on birth certificates. From, “Failed Assignments: Rethinking Sex Designations on Birth Certificates”: Assigning sex at birth also doesn’t capture the diversity of people’s experiences. About 6 in 1000 people identify as transgender, meaning that their gender identity doesn’t match the sex they were assigned at birth. Others are nonbinary, meaning they don’t exclusively identify as a man or a woman, or gender nonconforming, meaning their behavior or appearance doesn’t align with social expectations for their assigned sex. The idea is to move sex designation “below the line,” which allows for general statistical Read More ›

COVID-19 vaccine concept, female doctor holds coronavirus medication in office or laboratory

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 13, 2020
Conscience}

Time to Recognize Data Uncertainty in COVID Debates

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 13, 2020
Conscience}

As we rush to embrace an “obey the experts” technocracy in the fight against COVID, media and commentators often assume that the epidemiological data justifying proposed draconian policies — such as lockdowns — are clear. But that’s not true. Read More ›

Concept of national healthcare system - United States

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 1, 2020
Conscience}

Lancet Medical Journal Goes All In for Progressive Politics

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 1, 2020
Conscience}

I have written here and elsewhere of how the world’s most respected science and medical journals have become pushers of progressive ideology on cultural and political issues often unconnected to the furtherance of scientific knowledge. Read More ›

Handcuffed doctor. Medical crime concept, closeup

^{Wesley J. Smith
October 14, 2020
Conscience}

Ideology in Science is Destroying Trust

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 14, 2020
Conscience}

Science should never be tainted by ideology. After all, science isn’t supposed to be about political beliefs but is a powerful method for learning about and understanding the physical universe. Read More ›