The cat has leaped out of the bag in the Leslie Burke case. The government has argued that it would be too expensive to permit some patients who want to live to remain alive if doctors don’t agree. This is blatant health care rationing.Health care rationing is medical discrimination by a . . . . Continue Reading »
For those interested in the Leslie Burke case in the UK, here is his WEB site.Burke is the man who sued for the legal right to receive a feeding tube if he loses the ability to swallow. He won at the trial court level, but amazingly, the medical authorities and the government of the UK have . . . . Continue Reading »
I guess the media didn’t like this story, since it went almost completely unreported, but on May 4, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signed legislation that completely outlaws all human cloning in the Hoosier State. That makes seven states, with hopefully more to . . . . Continue Reading »
I am convinced that the dark core of the animal liberation movement is anti-human. Not every believer suffers from this misanthropy, of course. Most just want to reduce animal suffering. But the hard core or “base” of the movement are decidedly anti-human.ITEM: After writing about . . . . Continue Reading »
I just returned from the UK where I appeared on numerous BBC broadcasts and lectured throughout the country. As it turns out, one of the most important bioethics cases is about to be argued in the Court of Appeal there. Leslie Burke has a degenerating neurological disease that may eventually prevent . . . . Continue Reading »
The media often depict assisted suicide opponents as monolithic religious right /orthodox Catholic activists. But this is a two-dimensional caricature that badly skews the truth. In actuality, a broad and diverse coalition has formed to prevent the transforming of killing into a legitimate . . . . Continue Reading »
I am traveling to the UK to speak and debate on euthansia and assisted suicide. I’ll be gone a week. Secondhand Smoke will return upon my return. Thanks to those who visit here regularly for your interest in my . . . . Continue Reading »
I wrote a piece about it at NRO. Here is the actual statement from Ingrid Newkirk. Know this: PETA literally believes that eating meat is equivalent to participating in death camps, and that cattle farming is the same morally as the old slave plantations. PETA is not about animal welfare, which . . . . Continue Reading »
The anti-human organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), recently commenced a truly odious vegetarian proselytizing campaign called “Holocaust on Your Plate,” in which PETA made an explicit and invidious comparison between Jews killed in the Holocaust and animals . . . . Continue Reading »
Gee, some people are connecting this story of the unexpected improvement of a profoundly cogntively impaired man with the Terri Schiavo case. Wonder why? Perhaps it is because if this fellow had been treated the way Michael Schiavo treated Terri, he wouldn’t have been alive to enjoy his . . . . Continue Reading »
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