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In recent years, the emergence of #CRISPR technology has ignited a fervent debate regarding its potential implications for human society, particularly in the realm of #eugenics. mercatornet.com/human_genome… #bioethics #worldnews #geneediting #genetics #science #research #news #health

“It became abundantly clear that we just don’t have enough science for the things that we are telling and selling women,” Shanahan told the Financial Times in January: “It’s one of the biggest lies that’s being told about #womenshealth today.” mercatornet.com/rfk_jr_s_sur… #IVF #USnews

The finding was made by a team of researchers in the #Netherlands, home of the so-called Dutch protocol, which since gave rise to the infamous treatment known as “gender-affirming care”. mercatornet.com/most_gender_… #genderdysphoria #transgender #healthcare #research #worldnews #news

Seldom has there been so much media coverage about a Vatican document which contains so few surprises. mercatornet.com/must_read_va… #DignitasInfinita #PopeFrancis #CatholicChurch #bioethics #surrogacy #transgender #war #abortion #morality #ethics #faith #religion #Christian #Catholic

It appears the hem of the global gender-straitjacket is unravelling much faster than originally expected. And not a moment too soon. mercatornet.com/major_uk_rep… #genderdysphoria #UKnews #worldnews #bioethics #transgender #peaktrans #healthcare #medicine #CassReport

NHS England made the bombshell announcement that #pubertyblockers will mercifully no longer be prescribed to children at #genderidentity clinics across the country. mercatornet.com/puberty_bloc… #bioethics #transgender #genderdysphoria #UKnews #worldnews #breaking #peaktrans #medicine

Fat and sick: that’s what #ElonMusk, the billionaire founder of Tesla and SpaceX, says #birthcontrol will make you. mercatornet.com/elon_musk_ig… #reproductivehealth #news #socialmedia #fertility #health #mentalhealth #womenshealth #breakingnews

A few months ago, my oldest son told me he has a friend who has seven siblings, four with #DownSyndrome. As a mother of a large #family who has one child with Down Syndrome, I was astounded. mercatornet.com/a_life_worth… #disability #homeschooling #news #goodnews #adoption #love #kids

Wouldn’t Gambians be right to argue that if “whites” have their own tradition of killing unborn children, why shouldn’t they be allowed to have #FGM? mercatornet.com/the_gambia_w… #Gambia #womensrights #bioethics #worldnews #Africa #democracy #reproductivehealth #womenshealth #news

Seeing all tragedies as functions of #climatechange smacks of desperation and elite snobbery. And, what’s worse, it is likely to do more harm than good, especially in #Africa. mercatornet.com/climate_chan… #environmentalism #FGM #womensrights #worldnews #politicalcorrectness #NYTimes

The President of the #UnitedStates has endorsed what is effectively a nationwide program of sexual lobotomies. This is completely nuts. Here are some of the fetish-appeasing surgeries that #WPATH is pushing... mercatornet.com/inside_the_h… #peaktrans #genderdysphoria #news #bioethics

In 1997, #Oregon became the first jurisdiction to legalise physician-#assistedsuicide for people with a terminal illness. Since then, numbers have increased year-on-year, and this shows no sign of slowing. mercatornet.com/oregon_assis… #bioethics #worldnews #USnews #healthcare #news

Digital twins are not yet so thick on the ground that we have to deal with them as a routine thing — not yet. But it is only a matter of time before they will be a genuine option, and we'll have to decide whether to use them. mercatornet.com/the_advent_o… #ArtificialIntelligence #tech

A troubling issue is that disabled people are being pushed towards MAID. There have been numerous anecdotal reports about people seeking MAID because they cannot access treatment or social support. mercatornet.com/record_numbe… #cdnpoli #euthanasia #assistedsuicide #Canada #bioethics

"The US and #Canada need to look to their own culpability stemming from the #moralrelativism that undergirds the ideological presuppositions of so many of their elites and elite institutions." mercatornet.com/more-to-opio… #opioids #drugs #addiction #despair #mentalhealth #USnews #news

'#Canada’s federal #government supports the “choice” for medically-assisted #suicide before ensuring Canadians actually have real options.' mercatornet.com/canadas-gove… #cdnpoli #righttodie #bioethics #euthanasia #assistedsuicide #healthcare #mentalhealth #publichealth #worldnews

"The deeper you dig in the dark warrens of adolescent #transgender medicine, the more convinced you become that the #doctors who operate on young girls are criminal or insane or both." mercatornet.com/what-kind-of… #bioethics #peaktrans #ROGD #genderdysphoria #healthcare #medicine #USA

"The movement to uphold the conscientious practice of #medicine is a struggle for the soul of the profession. It is a struggle to maintain that it has a soul and is a profession." mercatornet.com/conscience-r… #conscience #humanrights #healthcare #bioethics #worldnews #doctors #news

"Savita did not die because she was unable to have an #abortion... In fact, #Ireland before the referendum had one of the lowest maternal mortality rates in the world. Savita’s memory continues to be cynically manipulated by the abortion lobby." mercatornet.com/the-tragic-d… #bioethics

"If you could change someone’s desire to die into a desire to live, wouldn’t that be worthwhile? If providing love and support meant that a patient gained a few extra years, wouldn’t that be worth aiming for?" mercatornet.com/its-not-too-… #bioethics #euthanasia #ausnews #nswpol #death