Euthanasia for Alzheimer’s Patients?
by Wesley J. SmithMore and more countries favor policies permitting Alzheimer's patients to be euthanized. Continue Reading »
How the Media Promote (Some) Suicides
by Wesley J. SmithThanks to the media’s promotion campaign, suicide has become a siren song attracting the ill, aged, and despairing. Continue Reading »
Stop Assisted-Suicide Opioid Abuse
by Wesley J. SmithDoctors are prescribing opioids for patients' use in committing suicide—federal law should put an end to it. Continue Reading »
Bioethics in 2017
by Wesley J. SmithHere are five bioethical issues that have the potential to explode into controversy. Continue Reading »
The Dangers of Abandoning the Terminally Ill in Suicide Prevention
by Wesley J. SmithExcluding 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 »
A Subjective Definition of “Death” Would Unleash Great Evil
by Wesley J. SmithMost 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 »
Declare Total Non-Cooperation with Assisted Suicide
by Wesley J. SmithI 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 »
Canada Declares War on Christian Doctors and Nurses
by Wesley J. SmithLast 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 »
Letter from a Toronto Jail
by Douglas FarrowOne of Canada’s prisoners of conscience, Mary Wagner, in a moving letter from her Vanier Centre cell, writes of her concern that many members of our Christian medical associations, “despite their earnest desire to resist doctor-abetted suicide, have succumbed to defeatism.”She points to . . . . Continue Reading »
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