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Wesley J. Smith

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A close-up view of a bunch of blue pills, showcasing a background medicine concept.

Mentally Ill Woman Accessed Assisted Suicide in Oregon

A troubling look at how systemic gaps enabled a vulnerable woman to obtain lethal drugs unchecked.

They learned that Mihich’s body bore no signs of illness; she had been suffering, but she had not been on the verge of death.

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A young woman holding the hand of an old woman in a hospital bed, black and white

Did Gavin Newsom Witness His Mother’s Murder?

A memoir reveals the governor’s most personal account yet: his mother’s decision to end her life.

Despite the obvious emotional pain caused in witnessing his mother’s killing, Newsom says that he strongly supports legalizing assisted suicide.

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Busy surgeons over the operating table

Woman Euthanized and Her Face Transplanted in Spain

Do you see what happened? There were apparently no efforts at suicide prevention to keep the patient in life

From what the story discloses, the primary focus of the medical team became the 3-D planning and preparation for the surgery after the killing.

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Animal Research Points to Potential Pancreatic Cancer Cure

Balancing compassion with the scientific realities behind lifesaving medical progress

I am eager for the number of animals used in experiments to be reduced as much as possible — but only to an extent consistent with assuring scientific progress.

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Law and Justice in United States of America

‘Detransitioner’ Wins $2 Million Medical-Malpractice Lawsuit

Case raises new scrutiny over medical oversight in irreversible procedures for minors.

The case did not challenge the general propriety of such “care” of minors with gender dysphoria, but alleged it was not appropriate in Fox’s particular case.

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Two brown and white cows

Proposed Oregon Initiative Would Outlaw Animal Agriculture and Hunting

Behind the cruelty‑free branding lies a campaign to dismantle farming and hunting

We believe everyone should be equally protected under the law, and that all animals deserve equal consideration, regardless of whether or not we consider them our companions. All animals deserve a life free from cruelty.

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Modern day slavery, illegal trade of human organs on the black market and forced organ harvesting of death row inmates concept theme with a liver, heart and kidney with price tags and a barcode

Bioethicist: Let surgeons kill patients during organ harvesting

What a new wave of bioethical arguments means for patients, doctors, and the future of organ donation

Jumping on a grenade to save other soldiers is not the same as the soldiers throwing that person on the grenade, which would be more akin to a surgeon killing for organs.

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Euthanasia or mercy killing. Malpractice medicine. Syringe with needle and ampules set for assisted death. Bloody red closeup macro. Ethic or criminal debates poster of doctor assisted suicide

NY Governor Hochul to Sign Assisted-Suicide Legalization Bill

Liberalization started even before the bill was signed

People with disabilities know that. once assisted suicide becomes normalized, the categories of killable people will expand well beyond the terminally ill.

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Blue Jays using threat gestures to block others from food at feeder

And — No Surprise, Really — Now It’s WILD Animals’ Rights

Like many progressive activists, Michael Burrows is far less concerned with our welfare than that of animals. He even opposes conservation efforts because these involve human control

Burrows proposes an approach he calls “just preservation,” which would treat wild animals as the moral and legal equals of humans.

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Euthanasia Medical Intervention

U.K. Hospices Collapsing as Government Pushes Assisted Suicide

Assisted suicide/euthanasia will surely be seen as a splendid way to save money by erasing expensive patients, even if not terminally ill

When researching Forced Exit (1997), I found that the hospice sector in the euthanasia-friendly Netherlands was stunted, compared with other countries.

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Blue purple lighting and smoke on stage with floor wood

German Identical Twins Receive Death on Demand

People Magazine seems eager to platform the idea of death on demand

Suicide is increasingly seen as an empowering act. This is the darkness into which the euthanasia movement is taking jurisdictions, some faster, some slower.

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Newton's cradle

Scientist Cuts Ties with Top Journal Nature over Ideological Bias

Warnings about the ideological pollution of science journals have not convinced the funders or editors of these important publications to institute reform

If more scientists follow Anna Krylov’s lead in simply severing ties from journals that are being politicized, reform may follow.

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Young homeless drug addict or alcoholic

The Dismaying Harms of “Harm Reduction”

Do we love our addicted countrymen enough to insist that they diligently engage in programs to restore themselves to lives of dignity and self-respect? Harm reduction isn’t that

Facilitating drug abuse — which is what “harm reduction” does — causes terrible harm, often to the people it purports to help.

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China Jumps on the Transhumanism Train

It is said to be is devoting much energy and many resources to the life-extension project

The country has increased life expectancy through orthodox means such lifestyle and healthcare improvement. But some of the research seeks more.

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Vials with Sodium pentobarbital used for euthanasia and lethal inyecion in a hospital, conceptual image

Scottish Proposal Would Ban Assisted Suicide Prevention

The vague proposal would forbid any attempts to “influence” a person’s decision to undergo an assisted suicide, such as through conversation with a family member or the display of a suicide prevention poster

We shouldn’t be surprised, as advocates oppose the right of medical conscience that would allow professionals to opt out of all complicity in killing patients.

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Ethereal Gaia Goddess Portrait Amidst Lush Foliage

Totalitarian ‘Nature Rights’ Legislation in U.K. House of Lords

This is the most draconian and potentially tyrannical “nature rights” proposal I have yet seen

This bill vividly illustrates the authoritarian impulses of the “nature rights” movement specifically and its embrace of toxic anti-humanism generally.

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Slippery surface warning sign

Assisted-Suicide Slippery Slope Keeps Slip-Sliding Away

“Strengthen safety,” and “fairer and more compassionate,” really just means more people can become dead much sooner

The ultimate destination for assisted suicide will be the creation of a fundamental right to be made dead, regardless of the reason, i.e., death on demand.

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Ultrasound of In Uterus Baby at 22 weeks. Healthy baby in belly.

Medical Journal Screed Decries All Fetal Personhood Laws

The authors imply that laws that protect unborn children are racist. But pro-lifers want more black babies born and protected from harm, not fewer

Embryology tells us that the unborn child is a human organism — distinct from but dependent upon his or her mother.

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Lush green cloud forest vegetation with mist gently drifting through the trees, illustrating Ecuador's diverse ecosystems and natural beauty.

NYU Law School Clinic Attempting to Obtain Copyright for a Forest

The claim is that the forest is the co-creator of a song in which nature sounds are used

Like so much of contemporary “nature rights” advocacy, this is nonsense. A forest does not have agency and can’t author anything. It is incapable of creative acts.

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Hollywood A Listers To Star in a Pro-Assisted Suicide Movie

How many pro-euthanasia movies/TV episodes have there been? How many with the opposite message?

There are plenty of dramatic stories illustrating the abuses and dangers of assisted suicide, just waiting to be told, but Hollywood won’t tell them.

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