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Definition of word euthanasia in dictionary

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 24, 2023
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Legalizing Euthanasia Poisons a Nation’s Soul

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 24, 2023
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Euthanasia isn't only bad medicine but also poisons the soul of nations that embrace killing as an answer to human suffering. Read More ›

Older woman lying in hospital bed alone looking at the Christian crucifix asking for her healing.

^{Wesley J. Smith
October 21, 2023
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No to Killing for Organs

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 21, 2023
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The shortage of organs for transplantation is threatening to unleash immoral and unethical remedies. A terrible story out of Belgium illustrates the peril. Read More ›

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October 5, 2023
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‘Ocean Rights’ Earth Religion Advances in the UN

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October 5, 2023
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The “international world order” is increasingly radical in its environmental engagement and anti-human in the policies it promotes. In the great cause of “saving the planet,” scientific precepts and empirical analyses are being cast aside in favor of a neo-earth religious mysticism. Read More ›

Group of modern doctors standing as a team with arms crossed in hospital office. Physicians ready to examine and help patients. Medical help, insurance in health care, best desease treatment and

^{Wesley J. Smith
September 15, 2023
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Say No to ‘Public Health’ Imperialism

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 15, 2023
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COVID-19 mandates and lockdowns opened the door. Now, the medical establishment is redefining our most contentious political controversies as “public health emergencies” so as to circumvent public resistance and impose policies on society unobtainable through normal democratic means. Read More ›

Abstract, blur, bokeh background, defocusing - image for the background. The problems of global warming climate.

^{Wesley J. Smith
September 5, 2023
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Why We Can’t Trust the Science Journals

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 5, 2023
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The science and medical journals have become highly ideological on many of the most important and contentious societal issues of the day, ranging from global warming to gender ideology, to critical race theory, to virtually everything woke. Read More ›

young doctor standing with a stethoscope on a white backgro

^{Wesley J. Smith
August 29, 2023
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The Problem with Shifting from ‘Evidence-Based’ to ‘Science-Based’ Medicine

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 29, 2023
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We supposedly live in an era of “evidence-based medicine,” in which medical decisions are guided by the published data. But that approach is now being criticized because the “best evidence” is often in the eye of the beholder. Read More ›

A transgender flag being waved at LGBT gay pride march

^{Wesley J. Smith
August 24, 2023
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Judicial Rationality: Court OKs Law Banning Transgender Puberty Blocking

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 24, 2023
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In the end—as with so many of our societal controversies—the legal parameters of what constitutes acceptable treatment of these unfortunate gender-confused children will be another social hot potato decided by the nine justices of the Supreme Court. I’ll bet they can hardly wait. Read More ›

Teenager with a black board showing selection for gender identity pronouns - male, female and non-binary options

^{Wesley J. Smith
August 16, 2023
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‘Gender Hybrid’ Children?

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 16, 2023
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Gender ideology is growing increasingly extreme, particularly as it applies to children. Read More ›

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August 8, 2023
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The Whispers of Strangers

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August 8, 2023
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Today is my 76th birthday," the letter began. "Unassisted and by my own free will, I have chosen to take my final passage." Suicide. My friend Frances died in a cold, impersonal hotel room after taking an overdose of sleeping pills, with a plastic bag tied over her head suffocating the life out of her body. Read More ›

Colorful crayons and a symbol of a transgender

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 19, 2023
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The Patriarchy Doesn’t Hate Women but the Trans Movement Does

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 19, 2023
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Let’s get real. While women do indeed still face obstacles to equal participation in society, the country has clearly chosen to embrace full female inclusion in every aspect of life. Indeed, the day when the late Phyllis Schlafly could successfully argue against the Equal Rights Amendment by claiming that women enjoy a “privileged place” in law and society as homemakers and mothers, is long gone. Read More ›