Of Vincent Lambert and Ethical Rubicons
by Wesley J. SmithThe forced dehydration of a patient in France affirms a deadly bioethics. Continue Reading »
The forced dehydration of a patient in France affirms a deadly bioethics. Continue Reading »
The various late-term abortion legalization proposals and policies introduced this year bring us to a crucial time of choosing. Continue Reading »
Once the CRISPR technology is deemed safe and effective, it will be difficult for our postmodern and pluralistic society to establish limits for the genetic engineering of our children. Continue Reading »
It has been almost twenty years since I dissected a dead human body. It still seems strange: My first encounter with a human body to learn the art of healing was an encounter with a corpse. What is more, I took this body to pieces. In any other context, this act would have been a felony. Respect for . . . . Continue Reading »
One recurring theme in Pope Francis’s teaching is that human realities trump scholarly abstractions: “La realidad es superior a la idea.” His signature phrase about pastors who have the “smell of the sheep” is the folk version of this maxim. Cautions about “rigidity,” “empty . . . . Continue Reading »
If you believe protecting medical conscience is an important civil rights issue, join in supporting the Declaration in Support of Conscientious Objection in Health Care. Continue Reading »
A few days ago, I joined a group of people praying outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Washington, D.C. Continue Reading »
Joseph Fletcher mounted a frontal intellectual assault on the ideal of universal human equality. Continue Reading »
Recent advances in human cloning, synthetic biology, and CRISPR technology pose grave ethical questions—yet our president seems uninterested. Continue Reading »
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 »