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transgender flag in the palm of the hand.
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
November 2, 2022
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Transgenderism
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‘Nullectomy’: Physician-Assisted Mutilation

Wesley J. Smith
November 2, 2022
Transgenderism
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I don’t know how much more of this our culture can take. “Gender-affirming” surgeries are growing increasingly extreme. A source sent me links to websites operated by doctors who perform “bottom surgeries” advertising “genital nullification” — a.k.a. “nullectomy” — procedures that remove genitalia in order to create a “smooth” appearance in the groin. Read More ›
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A transgender flag being waved at LGBT gay pride march
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
November 1, 2022
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Transgenderism
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Bioethicist Proposes ‘Right’ to Gender-Affirming Care

Wesley J. Smith
November 1, 2022
Transgenderism
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It is important to keep an eye on mainstream bioethics journals, because seemingly ludicrous ideas that begin in the ivory tower often become public policy. Read More ›
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Christian friends group reading and study bible together in home or Sunday school at church with window light
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
October 28, 2022
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Conscience
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Religious Freedom: Biden Policy Not Where Administration’s Mouth Is

Wesley J. Smith
October 28, 2022
Conscience
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Until President Biden protects the right to act in the public square here at home consistently with one’s religious beliefs, his administration’s support for International Religious Freedom Day has to be judged so much hot air. Read More ›
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podcast
Author
Tom Shakely
Date
October 24, 2022

Ward Connerly on Racism, Critical Race Theory, and Individual Rights

Ward Connerly
October 24, 2022
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Racism is profoundly evil and a clear violation of human exceptionalism by treating inherent equals unequally. Indeed, if we are to become a truly just society, racism must be countered by people of good will whenever it is expressed.  At the same time, slavery is long gone and Jim Crow is dead, never to be mourned. So, the question must Read More ›

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Sand dunes on the beach at sunset
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
October 19, 2022
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Nature and Conservation
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Science Journal Claim: ‘Ocean’ Is a ‘Living Entity’ with Inherent Rights

Wesley J. Smith
October 19, 2022
Nature and Conservation
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I have been warning that the “nature rights” issue is moving very quickly now from the fringe to mainstream environmentalism. Now, a major essay in a prestigious, peer-reviewed scientific journal argues that oceans are a “living entity” entitled to rights. Read More ›
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A transgender flag being waved at LGBT gay pride march
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
October 18, 2022
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Transgenderism
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Hundreds of Teen ‘Gender-Affirming’ Mastectomies Each Year

Wesley J. Smith
October 18, 2022
Transgenderism
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I believe this moral panic will end when trial lawyers catch the scent of money and malpractice cases flood the courts — as has started in the U.K. That time cannot arrive soon enough. Read More ›
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Busy surgeons over the operating table
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
October 17, 2022
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Euthanasia
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Don’t Let Doctors Kill Sick Patients for Their Organs

Wesley J. Smith
October 17, 2022
Euthanasia
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Some lines should never be crossed. Allowing doctors to kill patients during organ harvesting wouldn’t only be an acute threat to the sanctity of life, but I can think of no better way to sow mistrust in our health care system generally—and the lifesaving field of organ transplant medicine specifically. Read More ›
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Red deer stag between ferns in autumn forest.
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
October 13, 2022
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Nature and Conservation
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The Law Society in U.K. Endorses ‘Nature Rights’

Wesley J. Smith
October 13, 2022
Nature and Conservation
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The nature-rights movement continues to move from the fringe into decidedly establishment circles, with virtually no push back and a foolish, “It will never happen here,” shrugging of the collective shoulders. Now, the U.K.’s Law Society — the organization that represents solicitors, roughly equivalent to the ABA — has issued a report calling for the establishment of nature and non-human rights. Read More ›
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podcast
Author
Tom Shakely
Date
October 10, 2022

Robert J. Marks II on Artificial Intelligence, Transhumanism, and Whether Computers Will Ever Be More Than ‘Human’

Robert J. Marks II
October 10, 2022
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In this episode of Humanize, Wesley focuses on the emerging computer technology known as artificial intelligence. Are we on the verge of the era of machines? Is AI destined to supplant most human endeavors and activities? Can a computer be deemed a “person” and should it be granted rights as part of the moral community. Will we ever attain immortality Read More ›

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View from the mountain to the beach teresitas
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
October 5, 2022
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Nature and Conservation
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Spanish Lagoon Granted Rights of Personhood

Wesley J. Smith
October 5, 2022
Nature and Conservation
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The “nature rights” movement continues to spread — with little resistance because people don’t take it seriously. Read More ›
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