By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. Tomorrow, January 20, pro-life Donald Trump will become our 45th President. We’ve been writing about this transition from pro-abortion President Barack Obama on a daily basis since November 9. We will again today. And tomorrow. And...
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Ethicist: Neither Abortion nor killing newborns is murder
By Sarah Terzo From Mary Ann Warren, ethicist and textbook writer: “It remains true that, on my view, neither abortion nor the killing of newborns is obviously a form of murder.” Mary Ann Warren, “On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion” from Biomedical Ethics, 4th...
Restoring our lost common sense about the killing of human beings
By Paul Stark During the 19th century, scientists and physicians came to understand that the life of a human being (an individual member of the species Homo sapiens) begins at conception. The old idea that "quickening" was relevant to the nature of unborn children had...
Opponents of a bill to protect women who’ve chosen to carry their babies to term are endangering women
Editor’s note. This update was provided by WeNeedaLAW.ca Ottawa, September 28, 2016 – A private member’s bill put forward by Cathay Wagantall is receiving pushback from Joyce Arthur, executive director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada. Arthur has initiated a...
Killing the Mentally Ill in Netherlands
By Wesley J. Smith The Netherlands considers itself oh, so rational. Its laws around controversial social issues involve the concept of harm reduction. Harm reduction? Once the country accepted killing as an answer to suffering, it was sure to include the mentally...
Don’t make heroes out of doctors who kill
By Paul Russell, Executive Director, Hope Australia I have written a number of times now about the situations where doctors 'go public' claiming to have flaunted the law by killing a person in an act of euthanasia and almost (and sometimes, actually) daring the Police...
Killing is never medical care
By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Dr. Philip Dreisbach is one of six physicians who joined with the American Academy of Medical Ethics to legally challenge the California assisted suicide law. He written an important article...
Euphemisms for Killing
By Wesley J. Smith Words matter. The terminology we employ not only reflects our values but helps to define them. Language is particularly important in bioethical debates, in which dehumanizing verbiage can distance us from our fellow human beings. When embryonic...
Judge finds that mother was sane when she killed her three young daughters
By Dave Andrusko The attorney for a California woman convicted of murdering g her three children in 2014 said he will appeal the judge’s decision Thursday that Carol Coronado was sane when she slashed and stabbed 3-month-old Xenia, 16-month-old Yazmine, and 2-year-old...
A pro-life conversation guide for the holidays
By Paul Stark Editor’s note. Yes, it is amazing. Even though Thanksgiving is weeks away, you already see Christmas decorations and ideas for presents. The following remains my favorite advice how to promote the cause of life in an effective and non-offensive manner....