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Prenatal Ultrasound Examination: A close-up, professional shot reveals a pregnant woman undergoing a detailed prenatal ultrasound scan, highlighting the advanced medical technology

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Bioethicists Argue That an Unborn Baby Is Merely a “Gestator’s” Body Part

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Anyone paying attention knows that the medical establishment does not believe in any restriction on abortion, and moreover, that it should be provided free anytime a woman wants to terminate a pregnancy. For example, a current editorial in The Lancet celebrates the editors’ view that more than 800 million women recently gaining better access to abortion, while decrying “barriers” such as waiting periods (and unstated, ultrasound imaging) that data shows, save the lives of unborn babies. Read More ›

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Watch: Wesley J. Smith Participates in Heritage Foundation Panel Discussion on Chinese Organ Harvesting

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On April 7, Wesley J. Smith participated in a Heritage Foundation-hosted discussion titled, "Organ Harvesting: Communist China’s Hideous Shop of Horrors." He was joined by Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jay Richards, Representative Chris Smith (R–NJ), Jan Jekielek (Senior Editor of The Epoch Times, host of “American Thought Leaders”), Ethan Gutmann, and Bob Moffit. Read More ›

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A River “Co-Authors” Science Papers

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Woman gynecologist holding anatomical model of uterus and ovaries

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March 31, 2026
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Human Uterus Kept Functioning Outside the Body for Experiments

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March 31, 2026
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Brave new world alert! Scientists used a machine deployed in organ transplant medicine to keep a surgically removed human uterus alive for one day, furthering the goal of being able to use donated uteri experimentally over long periods of time, including for gestation. Read More ›

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March 23, 2026
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Wisconsin Governor Vetoes Anti-“Nature Rights” Legislation

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Death, grief and girl at funeral with flower on coffin, family and sad child at service in graveyard for respect. Roses, loss and people at wood casket in cemetery with kid crying at grave for burial

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March 10, 2026
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Euthanasia of the Mentally Ill Increasing in the Netherlands

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As the West lunges toward propagating a right to be made dead, the deleterious societal impacts of being legally “MAIDed” (killed by “medical assistance in dying”) are becoming increasingly clear. A recent professional analysis published in the Psychiatric Times illustrates the lethal influence on mentally ill suicidal people — including youth — in the Netherlands. Read More ›

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Supreme Court Prevents California Schools from Hiding Kids’ Gender Confusion from Parents

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California reprehensibly enacted a law that prohibits school administrators and teachers from informing parents about their child’s gender confusion. It is almost beyond belief that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals quashed a trial court injunction against the law — but then again, it is the Ninth Circuit. Read More ›

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Internationalists Want WHO to Have Power Beyond Mere Guidance

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I read John R. Puri’s post urging the U.S. to rejoin the World Health Organization because, 1) it is merely an advisory body and 2), it collects valuable health data. But Puri underplayed the overarching influence WHO exercised on national governments and corporations in enforcing the disastrous Covid-19 policies that caused so much harm, while he also ignored the internationalists’ plan to transform WHO into an organization with actual power to impose policies. Read More ›

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February 18, 2026
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Jesse Jackson Opposed Terri Schiavo’s Intentional Death by Dehydration

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Several gallon jugs of milk at the grocery store

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February 7, 2026
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Bioethicist: Government Whole Milk Push is Racist

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Surgeon wearing gloves operates women's nose . Operation close up.

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February 4, 2026
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Woman Euthanized and Her Face Transplanted in Spain

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February 4, 2026
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Female doctor giving encouragement to elderly patient by holding her hands

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January 29, 2026
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We Need to Save the Hospice Movement

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Hospice care has become so ubiquitous that most readers probably have some experience of the beneficent services it offers. Both my parents died while in hospice care, and their experiences—as I will relate briefly below—were nothing but exemplary. But now the hospice movement has run into serious trouble. Read More ›