Culture of Death
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Illinois Coroners Push Back on Assisted Suicide Bill
Illinois state coroners recently gathered to discuss the proposed physician-assisted suicide bill that awaits a signature on…
Illinois Chooses Death
At 2:55 a.m. on the morning of Halloween, the Illinois Senate cast a final vote on a…
The Surrogacy Exploitation Crisis
“It’s horrific, it’s disturbing, it’s damaging emotionally,” said Kayla Elliot, a young woman now fighting for custody…
Children Are Gifts, Not Products
In late September, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University announced a breakthrough that could reshape the…
Dying from Compassion
The “Mother of Parliaments”—that’s the one in London—has been embroiled for months in a debate over “assisted…
Expanded Abortion Pill Access Puts Death in Women’s Hands
Can Trump be trusted on abortion?” I wrote in these pages last fall. One year later, the…
Eugenics Under the Flag of Choice
On August 7, Ross Douthat interviewed Noor Siddiqui on his podcast Interesting Times. Siddiqui is the founder…
Parents Are Not Their Children’s Authors
With every bite you take, ask yourself, is this the best choice I could make for my…
The Question of Suicide
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Martin Lockerd joins…
A Turning Point in Germany’s Abortion Debate
The abortion debate in Germany has reached a critical juncture. On July 11, the last day before…
The Fight to Stop Euthanasia for Mental Illness
In 2010, twenty-one-year-old Andrew Lawton attempted suicide by swallowing a bottle’s worth of pills in a public…
The Right to Be Killed
In the days surrounding the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., leaders of the civil rights movement…
Make Abortion Great Again?
On July Fourth weekend, a photograph made the rounds on social media. Cynthia Nixon, the actress and…
Planned Parenthood Defunded—For Now
In the three years that followed Dobbs, the pro-life movement may have sometimes felt like it was…
Touching the Assisted Suicide Void
Eloquent, determined, heedless of personal risk, the British journalist Derek Humphry was a born campaigner. In 1975…
