Tag: florida

^{Wesley J. Smith
August 6, 2021
Animal Welfare}

NO to ‘Elephant Rights’ and ‘Water Rights’

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 6, 2021
Animal Welfare}

The anti-humanists are on the march! Today, I want to discuss subversive advocacy campaigns to expand rights from the human realm to animals, and indeed, the rest of the natural world. Read More ›

Suwannee River, Gilchrist County, Florida

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 23, 2021
Nature and Conservation}

Granting ‘rights’ to water, nature could hurt Floridians in any number of ways

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 23, 2021
Nature and Conservation}

Petition gatherers will soon be trying to qualify one of the most radical constitutional amendments in Florida history for the ballot. The Florida Right to Clean Water initiative masks as a benign proposal to protect the state’s waters from pollution. In reality, the measure would explicitly grant human-type rights to H2O. 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 ›

Blue sky and clouds over Henderson Creek, which runs through Rookery Bay in Marco Island

^{Wesley J. Smith
June 7, 2021
Nature and Conservation}

Swamp Rights Constitutional Amendment Pushed in Florida

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 7, 2021
Nature and Conservation}

This is serious. Signatures are being gathered in Florida to qualify a “rights of waterways” constitutional amendment for Florida. The proposed amendment is a form of “nature rights” and is being pushed by (among others) the Florida Rights of Nature Network, the slogan for which is, “Nature is not just an object. It is alive. It has as much right to live as we do.” Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
June 2, 2021
Euthanasia, Suicide by Physician}

Florida Hospital Sues to End Ill Nurse’s Life

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 2, 2021
Euthanasia, Suicide by Physician}

“Futile care” — the forced removal by doctors and hospital bioethics committees of wanted life-extending treatment over patient and family objections — is, alas, still the law of Texas. And now a hospital in Florida has sued for the right to do the same thing to Genea Bristol, age 41. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
April 30, 2021
Nature and Conservation}

Florida Creeks — Yes, the Bodies of Water — Sue to Enforce ‘Nature Rights’

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 30, 2021
Nature and Conservation}

The “nature rights” movement is stunningly anti-human. It not only removes the concept of “rights” from the strictly human realm — us, our juridical entities and associations, etc. — but was created to thwart human enterprise. Read More ›

Aerial view of river in tropical green forest with mountains in background

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 7, 2020
Nature and Conservation}

Florida County Passes ‘Rights of Nature’ Charter Amendment

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 7, 2020
Nature and Conservation}

I have been warning for years against the “nature rights” movement — only to be met mostly by eye-rolls and complacent chuckles of, “What will they think of next?” Read More ›