Death by Nitrogen: Cruel or Death with Dignity?
We are told that suicide by nitrogen in the suicide pod is peaceful and dignified.Execution by nitrogen inhalation is another example of what I call cruel and unusual death with dignity.
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Wesley J. Smith
Medical Journal Pushes Conjoining Euthanasia and Organ Harvesting
Conjoining organ harvesting with euthanasia is now deemed so respectable it is even boosted at the highest levels of the medical establishmentOrgan harvesting as the means of euthanasia has already been proposed in a major bioethics journal.
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The ‘Suicide Capsule’ Claims Its First Victim
A photographer was present to record the death — meaning to create images for suicide proselytizingI would be surprised if anything came of it. Authorities rarely have the gumption to seriously punish suicide assistance unless in involves a teenager.
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Delaware Governor Vetoes Assisted Suicide Legalization
Both a Democrat and a Republican governor have vetoed the practice. Opposition to the practice is culturally and religiously diverseThe longer the euthanasia movement is held at bay, the more likely that America can avoid becoming a culture of death like that in Canada.
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The Science Establishment Continues to Politicize “Science”
And that ain’t good for scienceIncreasingly, those who claim to be science’s greatest defenders do the sector wrong by becoming highly ideological and progressively partisan.
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Falun Gong Member Whose Organs Were Harvested Proves China’s Guilt
Prisoners like the Uyghurs or Falun Gong are valued for organ transplants on account of their clean living lifestyles, unlike common criminalsChina has denied the accusation repeatedly, but multiple international studies and exposés have substantiated the brutality with strong circumstantial evidence.
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Who Speaks at Top Children’s Doctors’ Conference?
The keynote speaker at this year’s American Academy of Pediatrics meet are very far from where most parents might expectChoosing Rachel Levine and Seema Yasmin as keynoters reveals how one-sidedly ideological the AAP has become on issues of great cultural importance.
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Get Ready for ‘Public Health’ Authoritarianism
The medical establishment is laying the groundwork for imposing left-wing political policies from the top down and disguising them as health-relatedLately, columns in professional journals have argued repeatedly that our most contentious political controversies be redefined into issues of public health.
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‘Nonmedical’ Assisted Suicide This Way Comes
Some assisted suicide advocates promote a model where no medical personnel need be involvedGermany’s highest court declared a fundamental right to commit or assist in a suicide for any reason, possibly excepting children.
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“Personhood Credentials”: The Next Big Thing in online security?
“I’m a human” credentials, intended to combat fraud, would likely start out voluntary but then, by degrees, become mandatoryRather than simplifying our lives, the internet has made our lives more complicated, what with having to continually change passwords, the use of multiple security levels, the threat of hacking, and the like. Now, with the threat of AI creating fraudulent content, some technologists are proposing “personhood credentials” to thwart incursions and impersonations. From the MIT Technology Review story: Personhood credentials work by doing two things AI systems still cannot do: bypassing state-of-the-art cryptographic systems, and passing as a person in the offline, real world. To request credentials, a human would have to physically go to one of a number of issuers, which could be a government or other kind of trusted organization, where they would be asked to provide evidence that they’re Read More ›
The ‘Gender-Industrial Complex’ Makes Billions Annually
A new report produced recently by the American Principles Project sheds light on financial incentivesThe report discusses long-term health risks and malpractice issues, demonstrating how the conjoining of big profits and radical ideology is a toxic mix.
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Boosters of Assisted Suicide Want It To Be Much More Common
Activists want assisted suicide normalized well beyond the terminally ill so that we become euthanasia enthusiastsAlmost every state that legalized assisted suicide has already liberalized their laws. It’s NOT just a teensy change in medical ethics.
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Medical Journal Pushes Training for Doctors on How to Kill
Chillingly, most of the doctors who participated in a small study on assisted suicide, and who prescribe poison as part of their job, like it.The push to increase assisted-suicide residency programs is designed to overcome most doctors’ reluctance to kill their patients.
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Universal Infant Genetic Screening Pushed in Science Journal
It’s hard to opt out of a procedure that you don’t know is going to be performed. Think of the eugenic possibilities!And imagine the mischief when eventually everyone’s genome — which should be private — becomes identifiable and hackable.
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Intellectual Property Is ‘Colonialist,’ Says Science Journal
A recent article penned by two public-health professors disdains intellectual-property rights as “colonialist” and advocates dismantling capitalism in the realm of medical researchAiding poorer areas of the world to develop scientific infrastructure is a terrific idea but, alas, that’s not what the authors have in mind.
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Blessed are the Peacemakers, for They Shall Be Called Bioethicists
War is too serious and consequential an issue for the raging dilettantism that the Hastings Center displaysI think the ultimate goal is to boost employment in the bioethics field. The more issues are deemed bioethical, the greater need for bioethics professors.
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“Plant Philosophy” Denigrates Human Uniqueness
Much contemporary advocacy is obsessed with deconstructing human exceptionalismPlant philosophy seeks to change the definitional understandings of “intelligence” to elevate the moral status of plants relative to humans.
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At Least 60 People with Eating Disorders Euthanized or Assisted in Suicide since 2012
Most had other mental illnesses. How might those mental disorders have affected these poor people’s ability to “choose” to be killed or kill themselves?Once the legalization train leaves the station, it is no longer containable or controllable. The category of “killables” never stops expanding.
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President Biden Is Not a Yam; Don’t Call Him a “Vegetable”
Using the V-word to describe him — or any human being — is just wrong, and, if I may say, cruel, to people with cognitive disabilities and their loved ones.My mother died of Alzheimer’s, and she was never less than fully human and as worthy of love and regard when she became incompetent.
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The Misguided Justifications for Assisted Suicide Are Growing
The myth that legal assisted suicide is about terminal illness is becoming harder to swallow.The myth that legal assisted suicide is about terminal illness is becoming harder to swallow. Evidence can be found in a recent survey of doctors, published in the Journal of Cutaneous Oncology, which asked doctors this question: “In addition to adults with terminal illnesses, [which] other groups of patients who should be MAID eligible?” The answers are disturbing. From the survey: Majorities of doctors surveyed answered that they would be willing to be present when the deed is done. Here’s the question: “If it were available (or is available), what is your willingness to be present when patients took MAID drugs?” Again, disturbing results, with 61% either probably or definitely, yes: That’s only a hop, skip, and a jump to willingness to do the deed. And no Read More ›