The Trouble with Transhumanism
By Wesley J. Smith
Sometimes an article cuts through the fog of public debate and discourse to capture the true essence of a movement or belief system.
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Coercion v. Tolerance: The Real Crisis in Public Life
By Jeffrey Mirus
We’ve been fighting legal abortion with little or no success for a very long generation now, and we’ve rightly regarded it as a horrific scourge, a massive breakdown of the public order
Targeting the Black Community
By Stephen E. Broden
Eugenics is alive and well and, in more cases than not, blacks are their targets. In 2005, Life Issues Institute completed a study that concluded there is a strategic intent behind Planned Parenthood’s placement of its abortion facilities.
When You’re Dead, You’re Dead; When You’re ‘Brain Dead,’ You’re Alive
The author wrote this article for a persuasive speech she gave in her advanced-placement English class in her junior year of high school. Her grade was 48 out of 50 (two points were deducted only for voice clarity, not content).
Let’s Not Just Celebrate Father’s Day
Father’s Day is this Sunday. I am a father. I have a daughter and lost a son. I know that fatherhood can be joyous or bewildering or even painful.
The Case Against Pro-Life Physicians: Bias Begins at Med School Interview
Imagine yourself, a senior in college, sitting in the middle of your dream medical-school interview. Because you have done your homework, the interview is going exceedingly well. You seem to have established a rapport with the interviewer, and your answers are crisp, clear, and intelligent. It’s going so well that you are starting to feel confident regarding your chances of gaining admission.
Better Off Dead?
In opposition is broadcaster and columnist Michael Coren and in support is Dr. Gifford-Jones. The main focus of “Do They Deserve to be Born?” is on a set of twins, now six months old, conjoined at the head.
Semantics
Semantics (from Greek sêmantiká, neuter plural of sêmantikós) is the study of the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text.
Selective Killing Fields: POLST in Action
“In my practice, while I steadfastly refuse to write a prescription with lethal intent or otherwise help the patient commit suicide, I can share with the patient information that he or she already has the ability to exert control over the time [of] death.
Repackaging Death as Life: The Third Path To Imposed Death – Part 3
We are at a critical juncture in health care as funding moves from private to public sources. For “third path” proponents, end-of-life care has always included making ends meet within a nationalized health care system.
Repackaging Death as Life: The Third Path to Imposed Death
By Elizabeth D. Wickham, Ph.D. A major transformation of traditional medical ethics is taking place. What was once unthinkable has become acceptable, and no one… Read More »Repackaging Death as Life: The Third Path to Imposed Death
The moral management of ectopic pregnancies
Fr. Howard is Director of the American Bioethics Advisory Commission The presence of an ectopic pregnancy may result from a tubal disorder or cause the… Read More »The moral management of ectopic pregnancies