Suicide

^{Wesley J. Smith
March 21, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

Euthanasia Poisons People and Societies

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 21, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

Most of the media report on euthanasia in the glowing, uncritical language of empowered patients "dying peacefully on their own terms." In contrast, euthanasia abuses and horror stories—an ever-growing list—generally receive little focused media attention and remain outside the notice of people not engaged with the issue. Read More ›

Colorful crayons and a symbol of a transgender

^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 23, 2024
Education}

Let’s Stop Calling It Gender-Affirming Care

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 23, 2024
Education}

Twenty-two states have passed laws restricting in varying degrees the practice of the grossly inaccurately termed “gender-affirming care” for minors. The majority of those states did so in 2023. Additional bills aimed at protecting children from irreversible physical harm are being put forward this legislative cycle in states with Republican majority legislatures. Read More ›

^{Andrew McDiarmid
July 23, 2022
Technology}

Constance Wu’s Suicide Tweet Proves Social Media Can Mean Life or Death

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 23, 2022
Technology}

Last week, actress Constance Wu confessed on Twitter that she had tried to take her own life after she made “careless tweets” about the renewal of her TV show, ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat,” in May 2019. Read More ›

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

^{Wesley J. Smith
February 25, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

Legalizing ‘Medical Aid in Dying’ Normalizes Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 25, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

Here’s the advocacy scam: “Death with dignity” activists push suicide facilitation for some people—but still claim to oppose suicide per se because they call doctor-prescribed death by the euphemism, “medical aid in dying” (MAID). Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
September 2, 2016
Human Exceptionalism}

The Dangers of Abandoning the Terminally Ill in Suicide Prevention

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 2, 2016
Human Exceptionalism}

Have you noticed that suicide prevention campaigns these days don’t mention assisted suicide? Perhaps they don’t want to court controversy, or perhaps organizers have swallowed the notion that the suicide of the terminally ill isn’t really suicide—it’s “death with dignity.” Whatever the reason, this crucial lapse of proffered care illustrates how our society is less concerned about the suicides of Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
September 21, 2009
Human Exceptionalism}

A Myth Is as Good as a Mile

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 21, 2009
Human Exceptionalism}

The assisted-suicide movement has come a long way in just a couple of decades. Consider, for example, this recent item from the San Francisco Chronicle: “Charlotte Shultz [the wife of former secretary of state George Shultz] accepted the invitation to be honorary co- chair (with Dianne Feinstein) at a Nov. 5 luncheon and program for Compassion & Choices of Northern Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 15, 2004
Human Exceptionalism}

Noxious Nitschke

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 15, 2004
Human Exceptionalism}

The international euthanasia movement’s first principle is radical individualism. The idea is that we each own our own body and hence should be able to do what we choose with our physical self—including destroy it. Not only that, but if we want to die, liberty dictates that we should have ready access to a “good death,” a demise that is Read More ›