Tag: abortion

^{Wesley J. Smith
August 9, 2021
Health Care}

The Case Against Naming Ezekiel Emanuel to Lead the FDA

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 9, 2021
Health Care}

If you think Dr. Anthony Fauci is a controversial figure in the fight against COVID-19, you may not have seen anything yet. Politico—the Democrats’ favorite publication for leaking their future plans—just reported that President Joe Biden is seriously considering nominating bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
August 2, 2021
Abortion}

Brit Baby’s Death Ruled Better Than Small Chance of Living — Again

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 2, 2021
Abortion}

Readers may recall the Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans cases from the U.K. — in which doctors both wanted to remove life support and prevent the children from being transferred to other hospitals willing to continue care. Because the law in the U.K. permits courts to decide the “best interests” of children in medical extremis, the MDs got their way. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 20, 2021
Abortion}

Laurence Tribe Opposes Private Enforcement of Abortion Laws but Okays It for Animal Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 20, 2021
Abortion}

The Left always howls when the Right adopts its tactics. Take the idea that public policy should be enforced via private citizen civil litigation. Texas just passed such a law about abortion and the political Left is stomping its collective feet. Lefty law professor Laurence Tribe has co-authored a piece in the New York Times to complain. Read More ›

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^{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 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 ›

Liquid Nitrogen bank containing suspension of stem cells. Cell culture for the biomedical diagnostic

^{Wesley J. Smith
June 4, 2021
Stem Cell Research}

Scientists Kill Embryo Research Time Restrictions

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 4, 2021
Stem Cell Research}

It was all such a con. During the Great Embryonic Stem Cell Debate, “the scientists” promised to restrict embryo-destructive research to 14 days. They said that was because the neural system begins to form after 14 days. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
May 19, 2021
Abortion}

Richard Dawkins: ‘Wise and Sensible’ to Abort Babies with Down Syndrome

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 19, 2021
Abortion}

When eliminating suffering because society’s first priority — instead of protecting innocent human life — it very easily metastasizes into eliminating the sufferer. And the suffering need not even be that of the person eliminated, but of family or society. Utilitarianism always leads to justifying killing. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
April 26, 2021
Abortion}

Planned Parenthood Founder Margaret Sanger Boosted Racism by Embracing Racists

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 26, 2021
Abortion}

Margaret Sanger is finally getting some of the brickbats she is due. Even the head of Planned Parenthood recently acknowledged that Sanger’s actions and associations were blatantly racist. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
February 25, 2021
Abortion}

Why Born-Alive Survivor Protection Laws Are Needed

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 25, 2021
Abortion}

Forty-eight Senate Democrats and independents recently filibustered the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, a bill that would legally require that babies who survive abortion be treated as any other infant of the same gestational maturity. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
January 16, 2021
Abortion, Patient Care}

HHS Rule Would Have Prohibited Discrimination Against Babies with Disabilities

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 16, 2021
Abortion, Patient Care}

Working until the last minute, the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services has published a proposed rule that would protect babies born prematurely from death — including those who survive abortion — and disabled people generally from discrimination in the health-care context. Read More ›