Tag Archives: eugenics
Obamacare Statism and the New Eugenics
By Wesley J. Smith Discover has the latest in a long series of science writers claiming that the growing ease of genetic tests will open the way for a new eugenics. But not to worry, the new version of the old
“Legalized Abortion and Crime”: Eugenics with a Happy Face
By Susan Wills Editor’s note. Today’s story comes from the September 14, 1999 edition of National Right to Life News and is part of our year-long “Roe at 40” where readers get a chance to read stories from NRL News
Intelligentsia and the “Eugenic Impulse”
By Wesley J. Smith The worst policies and values in society often come from those who think they are the smartest among us, e.g., the professorate and those in the intelligentsia. Even when they don’t originate very bad new ideas,
“The Voice of John”: New pro-life documentary released
By Carol Tobias, NRLC President A nurse walks into a utility room and finds a live baby– a survivor of abortion, who has been left to die. She holds him in her arms and, before he dies, baptizes him John.
Ten questions you never hear asked on the media
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members I was on the Radio Four Today programme
Canada honours prominent eugenicist
By Michael Cook In bioethics, as in every field, reputations depend more on the volume of applause than on the historical record. This seems to be the lesson from yet another honour burnishing the reputation of one of Canada’s most
The New Eugenics: Engineering “Moral Enhancement” by embryo screening and selective abortion
By Richard Weikart Recently Oxford philosophy professor Julian Savulescu moved his campaign for “moral enhancement” out of the ivory tower and into the mainstream. This month Reader’s Digest is carrying his article, “It’s Our Duty to Have Designer Babies,” in
Current law supports eugenic abortion for disabled people
By Dr. Peters Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. I am one of nine joint signatories to
The Silent Repeat of Eugenic History
By Kurt Kondrich This week I read a very disturbing article titled “New prenatal test is bringing eugenics back to Germany,” and I could not help but think of the famous quote from American philosopher George Santayana: “Those who cannot
Readers Digest Pushes Eugenics
By Wesley J. Smith It has been coming for some time, but the top voices in bioethics–by which I mean those who inhabit the top floors of the ivory tower–are almost all blatant eugenicists. That sure is from whence the