Justice for Jahi

by Wesley J. Smith

Doctors declared Jahi McMath brain-dead in 2013—but recent evidence suggests she is still alive. Continue Reading »

15 Sep 2017

Learning From Charlie Gard

by Charles C. Camosy

Charlie Gard's legacy on this earth may well be a disturbing increase in euthanasia. Continue Reading »

3 Aug 2017

Whose Baby Is Charlie Gard, Anyway?

by Wesley J. Smith

Doctors and judges are preventing Charlie's parents from pursuing alternative care—an unprecedented breach of parental authority. Continue Reading »

4 Jul 2017

Pro-Lifers: Get Out of Medicine!

by Wesley J. Smith

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 »

12 May 2017

We See Through a Sonogram, Darkly

by Leah Libresco Sargeant

If we feel stymied by the imprecision of sonograms and other tools for looking inside the bodies of others, we should feel at least as frightened by the fallibility of our own wills, and the unreliable view they give us of the souls of others. Continue Reading »

25 Jan 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

Against Moral Complexity

by Mene Ukueberuwa

When it comes to the end of life, “moral complexity” tempts us to recast our tendency to shrink from commitment to the truth as a kind of sophistication. Continue Reading »

27 Jul 2016

Religious and Pro-Life Conscience Unwelcome in Healthcare

by Wesley J. Smith

Healthcare public policy is becoming a means of imposing a secularist, anti–sanctity-of-life ideology on all of society. Continue Reading »

22 Jul 2016

Why We Cannot Reach Compromise

by Wesley J. Smith

The other day, I read a column in the National Post that made my stomach turn. It wasn’t the quality of the writing, which was quite good, but the content. The writer celebrated a recent Canadian Supreme Court ruling that determined lethal-injection termination is a charter right. As a result, . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Dec 2015

In the Tradition...Sort Of

by David Novak

Matters of Life and Death: A Jewish Approach to Modern Medical Ethics.By Elliot N. Dorff.Jewish Publication Society. 456 pp. $34.95.The fact that the now regular advances in biomedical technology affect the lives of everybody in our society in new, unprecedented ways has made biomedical ethics a . . . . Continue Reading »

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