Wesley J. Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism, and consults for the Patients Rights Council.
I have worried before that stopping the normal onset of puberty in boys who believe they are girls, is a form of human experimentation—and on children, no less. And now another case has surfaced of an 11-year-old boy who is being kept medically from entering puberty. From the story:The lesbian . . . . Continue Reading »
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Pre natal genetic testing has turned into a search and destroy eugenic abortion mission that targets fetuses with Down syndrome, dwarfism, and other genetic conditions. Indeed, we know that about 90% of such nascent humans become medical waste instead of being born. Evidence showed that . . . . Continue Reading »
I hope this is a case of better late than never. White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney, condemned Iran for its treatment of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who has been convicted of apostasy from Islam and is threatened with imminent execution” “Pastor Nadarkhani has done nothing . . . . Continue Reading »
Radical Environmentalism: “Ecocide” Mock Trial Aims to Create Earth “Right to Life”
From First ThoughtsThe campaign to create a new “international crime against peace” called “ecocide,” which would land offenders, such as oil and timber company CEOs, in the Hague, continues to advance. By making “ecocide” an international crime akin to genocide . . . . Continue Reading »
The brutal Iranian theocracy is still threatening to execute Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, apparently , after some buzz yesterday that the death sentence for apostasy from Islam might be overturned. The general silence of the West about this blatant human rights violation—the arrest and . . . . Continue Reading »
This is hilarious. After every noteworthy weather event, MSM types such as the NYT and Time, scream, IT’S GLOBAL WARMING CLIMATE CHAGE, WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!. People who get the most attention in the world, such as Al Gore, Prince Charles, Thomas Friedman, Bill Clinton, . . . . Continue Reading »
Doctors in San Francisco are refusing to intervene in a suicide by starvation by an suspected murderer—even though he has been declared mentally incompetent. From the “Matier and Ross” feature in the SF Chronicle:Doctors at San Francisco General Hospital are refusing to . . . . Continue Reading »
Baby Joseph, who was the subject of a bitter futile care theory lawsuit that involved two elements: First, Canadian doctors and hospital administration wanting to end all life-sustaining treatment for the terminally ill boy so he would die. But they also refused a tracheotomy as medically . . . . Continue Reading »
This seems a huge story to me, but has been ignored by all but conservative media outlets. Apparently, an Iranian pastor may soon be executed for apostasy because he refuses to recant his Christian faith. Here’s the story from the Get Religion blog, by the eminently responsible . . . . Continue Reading »
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