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California

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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
October 1, 2021
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Conscience
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California Bars State-Funded Travel to Ohio over Medical Conscience Law — as It Applauds China

Wesley J. Smith
October 1, 2021
California has banned state-paid travel to Ohio because the state enacted a medical conscience law that permits professionals to refuse to participate in morally contentious procedures such as abortion and puberty blocking for transgendered teenagers. Read More ›
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New York State Capitol Building, Albany
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
April 19, 2021
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Genetic Manipulation
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New York to Stop Funding Embryonic-Stem-Cell Research

Wesley J. Smith
April 19, 2021
Oh, the screaming we heard about embryonic stem cells during the George W. Bush presidency. Those who opposed wide-open federal funding were branded “anti-science,” and delusional for claiming that adult stem cells offered the better promise of treatments. Read More ›
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Electric power lines against a dawn sky
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
March 27, 2021
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Human Flourishing
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Do Greens Want the World to Be Like the ‘Blackout State?’

Wesley J. Smith
March 27, 2021
Electricity is essential to modernity. Prosperity depends on it. So does longevity and health. If you doubt that, ask those in impoverished nations who still don’t have access to reliable electrical power! 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
February 15, 2021
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Conscience
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California Insurance Commissioner Orders Health Insurance to Pay for Minors’ Transgender Mastectomies

Wesley J. Smith
February 15, 2021
I missed this when it happened in December, but it is worth noticing now. California’s Insurance Commissioner has decided that health-insurance companies must pay for the removal of the healthy breasts of biological minor girls with gender dysphoria, just as they would if the surgery was required for cancer or a serious injury. Read More ›
Doctor in blue uniform with stethoscope attached to handcuffed at the wrist.
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
February 11, 2021
Categorized
Conscience, Euthanasia
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California Bill to Force M.D. Participation in Assisted Suicide

Wesley J. Smith
February 11, 2021
When activists successfully legalized assisted suicide in California, they persuaded the California Medical Association to shift from opposition to neutrality with the promise that no doctor would be forced to participate. But here’s the thing with assisted suicide: Such promises are made to be broken. Read More ›
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