Announcing the 2014 Paul Ramsey Award Recipient

by The Center for Bioethics and Culture

December 11, 2013, Pleasant Hill, CA — The Center for Bioethics and Culture and the Paul Ramsey Award Nominating Committee are pleased to announce Daniel P. Sulmasy, M.D., Ph.D., as the recipient of the 2014 Paul Ramsey Award for Excellence in Bioethics. Dr. Sulmasy is the Kilbride-Clinton Professor of Medicine and Ethics in the Department […]

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Euthanasia Education for Kids in Belgium

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by Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC

Belgium is on the cusp of allowing children to be euthanized. Newsweek interviewed a euthanasia zealot and professor (of course!) who already discusses with her children the prospect of their one day being killed. From the story: Jutte van den Werff Ten Bosch has already had the talk with her 10-year-old son. Several times, in […]

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Time for At-Will Assisted Suicide!

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Euthanasia isn’t about using medical means to end suffering. Rather, activists ultimately believe that there is a fundamental right to suicide, including using any method the self-destructive person desires to exercise the choice to end all choices. Suicide activists, most of whom are not known for their candor, seek to shield their ultimate agenda by […]

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Follow $ to Non-Embryonic Stem Cell Research!

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Ten years ago, we were in the midst of a heated national debate over embryonic stem cell research (ESCR). Proponents castigated opponents (like me) as “anti-science,” and theocratic for opposing ESCR federal funding based on ethical concerns. When we claimed that alternatives to embryonic stem cells showed great promise, we were derided as Luddites. Embryonic […]

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Media Keep Encouraging Suicide by the Sick

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The media sells content these days by promoting the supposed virtues of suicide by the sick and disabled. How else explain the National Post doing an extended, puff interview with two ill women about their plans to commit suicide? From the article: Q: How important is it for you to have that measure of control […]

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Time to Prevent Elderly From Living Too Long?

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Bioethicist Founding Father Daniel Callahan has long supported death panel health care rationing based on age. He has now weighed in against spending a lot on research to delay the aging process. The transhumanists aren’t going to like this! From, “On Dying After Your Time:” Even if anti-aging research could give us radically longer lives […]

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Today is #GivingTuesday

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday have been all over the news these past few days, and many retailers do indeed count on Christmas shopping to make their year. Since end-of-year contributions are so vital to nonprofit organizations, the idea of a Giving Tuesday helps bring that to mind in the midst of all the shopping. […]

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Child Euthanasia a Step Closer in Belgium

Belgian euthanasia looks to soon legally spread to children. From the CNN story: A controversial bill that would extend the right to request euthanasia to children suffering terminal illnesses and adults with dementia cleared a vote in a Belgian Senate committee Wednesday. The panel voted 13-4 to allow minors to seek euthanasia under certain conditions, […]

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Aged Couple’s Joint Suicide Pushes Euthanasia

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Well, here we are again. The logic of euthanasia — that killing is an acceptable answer to human suffering — gets taken to its logical conclusion of death-on-demand. An elderly French couple, not wanting to ever be apart, killed themselves in a French hotel and left a pro euthanasia suicide note. From the The Local […]

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Happy Thanksgiving

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The Board of Directors and Staff of the Center for Bioethics and Culture would like to wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving. We at the CBC have much to give thanks for. First, we are thankful for your faithful commitment to our work. We are humbled by and grateful for your support. You […]

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