Assisted suicide is on the rise in Washington. From the Seattle Times story: More than 100 people died in Washington last year after requesting and taking a lethal prescription through Washington’s Death with Dignity law, the...
Read MoreTo suggest that one cannot or should not defend the sanctity of human life in the public square by using publicly accessible secular language is to remove a necessary tool for making the case for valuing and protecting all human...
Read MoreBy Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC I wish I could say I was surprised. After decades of assertions that judgmentalism has no place in medicine, we have recently seen advocacy for a return of such...
Read MoreBy Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Several years ago, I wrote about the woeful decline in the taking of the Hippocratic Oath, and the pabulum replacements that really did not require new doctors to pledge...
Read MoreThis month marks the ten year anniversary of Oregonians passing their physician aid in dying law. The Pew Forum has a report out that confirms this is still quite controversial. Hallelujah! The day doctors assisting in death...
Read MoreWesley J. Smith has written a key piece for our website over here. The comments we are receiving already are quite reactive. One writer suggested the physician mentioned should be charged with murder. What do you think?
Read MoreAmnesty International wants doctors and nurses out of the lethal injection business for death row inmates. Why you may ask? Because it violates their oath. First, Do No Harm. I am of course a big fan of the Hippocratic Oath...
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