CategoryMedicine and Health
NY Governor Hochul to Sign Assisted-Suicide Legalization Bill
Liberalization started even before the bill was signed
Purchasers of Black-Market Human Organs Often Complicit in Murder
A story from Nigeria sheds sobering light
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
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
This Is New: Top Thinkers Debate Terminal Lucidity
Steven Pinker tells Charles Murray at the Wall Street Journal that people are merely imagining a sudden gain in awareness before dying
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
Pure Unlimited Love: Faith, Freedom, and the Path to Peace
To illustrate the nature of the qualities needed, Dr. Post shared with Dr. Egnor a moving story from his time working in a geriatric psychiatric hospital in Mount Vernon, Ohio
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
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
For a Long Time, Dementia Was the New Leprosy
It has often been treated with fear and exclusion. Maybe there is more hope now
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?
Radical Reproduction Turns Children Into Products
We are entering a world in which babies can be special-ordered
Health Care: AI Changes Everything. But What Will the Changes Be?
A panel at COSM 2025 next month can help us separate the hope from the hype
Contrary to Claims, Bioethics Is Not a ‘Moral Tradition’
This article is republished from National Review with the permission of the author. Public-advocacy-focused secular bioethics is largely progressive politics covered with a veneer of expertise. While there are certainly university courses and degrees in the field, no bioethicist is licensed as such. Indeed, the entire discourse is purely subjective. It is driven mostly by philosophers, professors, doctors, and lawyers who opine about a particular set of issues, your faithful correspondent included. But now, members of the tribe apparently want to pretend that secular bioethics has become such a deeply ingrained part of our societal bedrock that it qualifies as a moral tradition. From, “Bioethics as an Emerging Moral Tradition and Some Implications for Adversarial Cooperation,” published in the influential Journal Read More ›
Canadian Dementia Patient Euthanized at Family’s Request
My mother died of Alzheimer’s. I could have easily maneuvered her into a situation where she would have seemed to have consented to assisted suicideAnother Radical Reproductive Technology
Researchers have created human eggs from skin cells and successfully fertilized some of them with IVF
Why the Soul Doesn’t — and Can’t — Weigh Anything
The question has nothing to do with whether or not the soul existsElderly Couple Avoids Widowhood by Assisted Suicide
The British couple sent emails to announce their decision to end their lives at a Swiss clinic