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  1. Assisted Suicide

Self-Sacrificial Love in the Bioethics-Sphere

by Wesley J. Smith

Some these days are forced to battle doctors and bioethicists in order to properly care for their loved ones. Their courage is inspiring.  Continue Reading »

8 Dec 2017

Euthanasia for Alzheimer’s Patients?

by Wesley J. Smith

More and more countries favor policies permitting Alzheimer's patients to be euthanized.  Continue Reading »

29 Sep 2017

How the Media Promote (Some) Suicides

by Wesley J. Smith

Thanks to the media’s promotion campaign, suicide has become a siren song attracting the ill, aged, and despairing.  Continue Reading »

1 Sep 2017

Stop Assisted-Suicide Opioid Abuse

by Wesley J. Smith

Doctors are prescribing opioids for patients' use in committing suicide—federal law should put an end to it.   Continue Reading »

4 Aug 2017

Bioethics in 2017

by Wesley J. Smith

Here are five bioethical issues that have the potential to explode into controversy. Continue Reading »

6 Jan 2017

Letters

by Various

Fascist Fallacy, Writer and Riots, Numbered Days, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2017

The Dangers of Abandoning the Terminally Ill in Suicide Prevention

by Wesley J. Smith

Excluding the terminally ill from suicide prevention campaigns is discrimination and a form of abandonment. Dying isn’t the same as being dead; it is a stage, albeit a difficult stage, of living. Continue Reading »

2 Sep 2016

A Subjective Definition of “Death” Would Unleash Great Evil

by Wesley J. Smith

Most people understand the word “death” to mean the end of biological life or, as Merriam-Webster defines it, “a permanent cessation of all vital functions.” But now an influential cadre of utilitarian bioethicists wants to redefine it to include a subjective and sociologically based . . . . Continue Reading »

13 May 2016

Declare Total Non-Cooperation with Assisted Suicide

by Wesley J. Smith

I recently gave a speech to a group of conservative senior citizens in California, arguing against assisted suicide, which is due to become legal there in June. Assisted suicide is not an issue that allows for fence-sitting, so although I expected (and received) a friendly reception for the most . . . . Continue Reading »

29 Apr 2016

Canada Declares War on Christian Doctors and Nurses

by Wesley J. Smith

Last year, the Canadian Supreme Court created a right to euthanasia and assisted suicide. To qualify for death, the court ruled unanimously, one must be a competent adult with a medically diagnosed condition causing “irremediable suffering”—a circumstance wholly determined by the patient and . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Mar 2016
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