Wesley J. Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism, and consults for the Patients Rights Council.

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Wesley J. Smith
Just this year, several countries legalized euthanasia or prepared to open that lethal door in the near future. Continue Reading »
“A society that believes in nothing can offer no argument even against death.” Continue Reading »
Michael Hickson died on June 11 because his doctors did not believe he had a sufficient “quality of life” to justify curative treatment.
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The American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying recently published formal guidelines that permit doctors to assist suicides via the Internet. Continue Reading »
Proliferating litigation against Catholic medical institutions threatens the fundamental right of free exercise of religion. Continue Reading »
In Germany, people now have the absolute right to commit suicide and receive assistance in doing so for any reason or no identifiable reason at all. Continue Reading »
Belgium is prosecuting three doctors for illegal euthanasia. Continue Reading »
The forced dehydration of a patient in France affirms a deadly bioethics. Continue Reading »
The various late-term abortion legalization proposals and policies introduced this year bring us to a crucial time of choosing. Continue Reading »
Infanticide is now being embraced within the political and cultural mainstream. Continue Reading »
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