Futile Care

^{Emily Cook
March 16, 2022}

Emily Cook on Texas Right to Life, the Texas Heartbeat Act, and Futile Care Protocols

_{Emily Cook
March 16, 2022}

The usual canard about the pro-life movement goes something like this: “Pro-lifers care so much about babies before they are born, but not much after. Read More ›

^{Discovery Institute
April 22, 2019
Human Exceptionalism}

Wesley J. Smith Testifies Before Texas State Senate Against Futile Care

_{Discovery Institute
April 22, 2019
Human Exceptionalism}

Discovery Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith appeared before the Texas State Senate Committee on Health and Human Services to advocate in favor of SB2089. The purpose of the bill is to improve Texas’s medical futility provisions and to make end of life healthcare disputes between patients, providers, and their families cooperative rather coercive, which Smith currently believes to be the Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
March 10, 2004
Human Exceptionalism}

Suing for the Right to Live

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 10, 2004
Human Exceptionalism}

A little noticed litigation in the United Kingdom could be a harbinger of medical woes to come here in the United States. Leslie Burke, age 44, is suing for the right to stay alive. Yes, you read right: Burke, who has a terminal neurological disease, is deathly afraid that doctors will refuse to provide him wanted food and water when Read More ›