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Canada Backs Off Euthanasia for Mental Illness, Targets Dementia Patients

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October 10, 2026
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Some are celebrating Canada’s government “indefinitely suspending” legalizing euthanasia for mental illness as a great victory for life. Not me. The government is now promoting euthanasia for people with dementia. Read More ›

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October 5, 2026
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Wesley J. Smith Discusses Assisted Suicide and Nature Rights on Three Whisky Happy Hour Podcast

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October 5, 2026
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Wesley J. Smith appeared on the Three Whisky Happy Hour Podcast to discuss the threat to human exceptionalism and dignity posed by assisted suicide and the nature rights movement. Smith speaks about how he became involved in advocating against assisted suicide in the 1990s and how his work has expanded to include bioethics. The conversation also includes topics such as Read More ›

hospital gurney in the center of a dark room with a soft overhead medical light.

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September 22, 2026
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Another Canadian Euthanasia Horror

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September 22, 2026
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Euthanasia has become a way of life in Canada (he wrote ironically). And there are horror stories aplenty. Here's the latest. If the reporting is accurate, an elderly woman with stomach cancer was euthanized after being coaxed by medical personnel and while mentally incapable. Read More ›

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September 13, 2026
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Should Scientists Decide Policies About Wealth Inequality?

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September 13, 2026
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The other week, I discussed a Nature editorial advocating that scientists be required to “register” with the state. That policy, if enacted, would be a step toward establishing a technocratic rule-by-experts system by controlling what would be acceptable scientific discourse and who would be authorized to communicate about such matters. A new proposal, also in Nature, would push the West toward technocracy. Read More ›

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September 1, 2026
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Wesley J. Smith Defends Medical Conscience on Family First New Zealand

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September 1, 2026
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Wesley J. Smith joined host Simon O’Connor on Family Matters, a show from Family First New Zealand, to discuss current efforts to force medical professionals with religious and conscientious objections to participate in assisted suicide and euthanasia. Smith specifically highlights the danger that these threats pose, as they would drive talented people away from the medical field. Smith and O’Connor Read More ›

Senior male researcher carrying out scientific research in a lab

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August 29, 2026
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Nature: Scientists Should Have to Register with Governments to Prevent “Misinformation”

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August 29, 2026
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Nature — the most prestigious science journal in the world — has editorialized in favor of requiring scientists to register with governments as a condition of participation in the sector. Here’s the context. South Africa has legislation pending that would require scientists to register with a government body or face significant legal consequences. Nature applauds the authoritarian idea. Read More ›

Women, man and hospital bed in motion blur of emergency surgery, healthcare wellness or risk condition operation. Doctors, nurses and medical workers with patient in busy er, theatre room or teamwork

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August 28, 2026
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“Death by Organ Donation” Pushed in Prestigious Medical Journals

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August 28, 2026
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Mother with her newborn baby at the hospital a day after a natural birth labor

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August 13, 2026
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Commercial Surrogacy Turns Women into Machines, Babies into Products

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August 13, 2026
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What does this case tell us about our culture? On one hand, we will allow virtually anything to enable family formation. And, on the other, many states permit abortion through the ninth month. It’s enough to give one cultural whiplash. Read More ›

Fire fighting helicopter carry water bucket to extinguish the forest fire

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August 10, 2026
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The Lancet: Wildfires the Latest “Health Emergency”

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August 10, 2026
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In recent years, editors of medical, science, and bioethics journals have proclaimed almost every major societal problem to be a “health emergency” or crisis. Off the top of my head, I can think of several: guns, racism, immigration enforcement, global warming, abortion restrictions, and fear of future pandemics. Read More ›

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July 29, 2026
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New Bill Proposes to Establish a “Commission on Human Dignity”

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July 29, 2026
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An ideologically odd pair of United States senators — the conservative Ted Cruz (R., Texas) and the progressive Raphael Warnock (D., Ga.) are co-sponsoring the Human Dignity and Emerging Technologies Act, which would establish an advisory commission to assist government decision-making with regard to challenges to human dignity posed by the rush of scientific and technological advances. Read More ›

Elderly nun holding rosary beads and praying in a church, with stained glass window in background

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July 23, 2026
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Nuns Sue New York Over Forced Complicity in Assisted Suicide

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July 23, 2026
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New York just legalized assisted suicide. Adding insult to injury, the law requires morally or religiously objecting doctors to be complicit in assisted suicides by cooperating with some of its provisions. Four orders of Catholic nuns that provide medical services — including the Little Sisters of the Poor, who knows a lot about resisting government policies that would force them to violate their faith — have sued. Read More ›

Clock on rear entrance of French National Assembly, aka Palais Bourbon, with Law statue in foreground.

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July 16, 2026
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France Legalizes Euthanasia

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July 16, 2026
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The West continues its love affair with the culture of death as the French National Assembly just voted to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide, overriding the Senate's rejection. I haven't read the bill, but here are a few notes I discerned from various media reports: Read More ›