Time for a “Populist” Bioethics Commission
by Wesley J. SmithEven chaotic debate (about cloning, gene therapy, and three-parent embryos) is preferable to our current, aimless drift. Continue Reading »
Even chaotic debate (about cloning, gene therapy, and three-parent embryos) is preferable to our current, aimless drift. Continue Reading »
Doctors in the United States cannot be forced to perform abortions or assist suicides. But there is a concerted campaign to change this. Continue Reading »
Claiming Anthony for either side in the modern abortion debate is highly anachronistic. Continue Reading »
Reason is another victim of Roe vs. Wade. The Gorsuch hearings underscored that. Which does not bode well for the future. Continue Reading »
For some conservatives, bracing themselves on the night of the election, the evening offered nothing less than a miracle unfolding. But that sense of things was even more pronounced for young lawyers defending religious plaintiffs in the courts, and for the small band of conservatives on the Supreme . . . . Continue Reading »
Beyond the power of the institution we oppose, there is another danger: We who defend life must not allow our commitment to the truth to be compromised. Continue Reading »
One year ago, we could not pass a twenty-week abortion ban; now we have a president who is “delivering on his promises”. Continue Reading »
At the March for Life, no efforts were made to police the ideology of the marchers. Feminists for Life, some stalwart Democrats for Life, and a pregnant woman carrying the quixotic poster: “End Abortion: Abolish Capitalism” walked side by side with the #MAGA caps and monarchists. All political differences faded in a cause greater than any government.
President Trump deserves our prayers, but not our blind loyalty or trust, because one can never be too careful in protecting and preserving human life—and monitoring politicians who pledge to uphold it. Continue Reading »
Forty-four years after Roe, a reverence for the sanctity of human life still burns in the spirit of far too many people to ignore. Continue Reading »