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Monthly Archives: September 2011
The Joy of Parenting Children with Down Syndrome
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Prenatal genetic testing has turned into a search and destroy eugenic abortion mission that targets fetuses with Down syndrome, dwarfism, and other genetic conditions. Indeed, we know that about 90% … Continue reading
Doctors Refuse To Stop Suicide by Starvation
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Doctors in San Francisco are refusing to intervene in a suicide by starvation by an suspected murderer — even though he has been declared mentally incompetent. From the “Matier and … Continue reading
Who are the Leaders in Bioethics?
Call For Nominations: The 9th Annual Paul Ramsey Award The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network invites you to nominate the 2012 Paul Ramsey Award winner. The Paul Ramsey Award honors those who have made an outstanding contribution to the … Continue reading
Father Can’t Stop Embryos From Being Implanted
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC It amazes me how an embryo is or isn’t an existing human life — depending on what the question is. In Argentina, a man fathered embryos via IVF, and then … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Artificial Reproductive Technologies, embryos, IVF, Reproductive Technologies
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Futile Care Theory Metasticizes: Terminal Cancer Patients’ Lives Not Worth Extending
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC “Get out of the lifeboat you expensive terminal cancer patients! Sure, your lives could be extended months, maybe even years, — but it isn’t worth the money! You’re going to … Continue reading
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Tagged futile treatment theory, Futility, Medical Futility
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Biological Colonialism: Time to Get Judgmental About Organ Buyers
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC When will enough, finally, be enough. Not only are organs now being sold by desperate people in destitute countries — to the point that some governments have been forced to … Continue reading
Kill Sick Wife, Don’t Go to Jail
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC It is remarkable how often judges shrug at the killing of sick and disabled people. In the UK, a man plead guilty to manslaughter of his terminally ill wife, and … Continue reading
Dehydrating Brain Injured People to Death Still an Important Political Issue
Dehydrating Brain Injured People to Death Still an Important Political Issue By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC It is oft said that a society is judged by how it treats its weakest members. (Humans only. Animals … Continue reading
Embryonic Stem Cell Studies Front Page News as Better Adult Studies Ignored
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Good grief. Here we go again. The SF Chronicle has a front page story about the fourth human subject to receive an embryonic stem cell-derived injection of cells. From the … Continue reading
Attack of the Euthanasia Organ Harvesters
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC In my first article against euthanasia/assisted suicide — published in Newsweek in 1993 — that legalization would inevitably lead to organ harvesting “as a plum to society.” As I have … Continue reading