While Palestinian Demographics Follow Western Trends, Israelis Continue to Buck Them
There is no demographic time bomb.
July 12, 2021
In the Netherlands, Euthanasia Has Ceased to Be Voluntary
From the terminally ill, to the mentally ill, to babies.
According to a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine, about fifteen to twenty newborns are euthanized in the Netherlands every year after being diagnosed with conditions involving “unbearable suffering.” This figure is but a fraction of the 600 Dutch infants who die annually because physicians and parents decide to discontinue medical interventions. Wesley Smith sees here the inevitable consequences of the country’s laws, which have for years been among the world’s laxest in tolerating medical homicide:
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Explaining China’s Turn against Israel
Courting Iran while distracting from the brutalization of Uighurs.
A Belgian’s Tale of an Encounter with Jews Betrays Incomprehension and Bigotry Lurking Beneath Empathy
What friendship?
In the Netherlands, Euthanasia Has Ceased to Be Voluntary
From the terminally ill, to the mentally ill, to babies.
The 18th-Century Italian Jewish Doctor Who Treated Christians During a Pandemic and Won the Approval of a Future Pope
His medical school had a special diploma for Jewish students.