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"Choice" as a One Way Street

This column goes where the entire “Futile Care Theory” (aka medical futility) movement wants to take us. If you don’t want to receive life-sustaining treatment, you should have the absolute right to refuse. If you do want it, you may or may not get your way depending on whether the . . . . Continue Reading »

Updated FORCED EXIT Due Out in Late May

The release of the second update of my book Forced Exit (originally published in 1997 and updated in 2003))has been delayed due to the publisher, Encounter Books, moving from San Francisco to New York. The new edition will be a paper back and readers of the original will find it somewhat streamlined . . . . Continue Reading »

Belgium Falling Faster than the Netherlands

Belgium only legalized euthanasia a few years ago and it is already catching up with the Netherlands’ fall off the vertical moral cliff. One of the ruling parties is calling for permitting euthanasia to minors under 18 and for parents to permit the mercy killing of their children. It took the . . . . Continue Reading »

He Speaks!

You’ve read me, now hear me give a speech, which I called “Bioethics: Creating a Disposable Caste?” It was presented in Washington DC at the Discovery Institute Washington DC headquarters on 2/22/06. It is an MP3 format . . . . Continue Reading »

Rooting for Human Extermination

This is what I have been warning against if we reject human exceptionalism, which can lead to an embrace of radical misanthropy. Apparently, Eric R. Pianka, a (deep) ecology professor speaking at a science symposium in Texas predicted in hopeful terms the outbreak of an ebola pandemic that would . . . . Continue Reading »

Schiavo Still Divides Nation

Both the Schindlers—what a wonderful family—and Michael Schiavo have books out about the death of Terri. If book sales are any indication, the nation remains divided by the case. I have been tracking the Amazon book rankings of both books and they have remained within one hundred of each . . . . Continue Reading »

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