Kresta in the Afternoon – January 3, 2024 – Hour 1
2023 was a busy year. Wes Smith, Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, and Ed Clancy join us to look back at the biggest stories in the fields of bioethics, religious liberty, and Christian persecution.
2023 in Bioethics: Euthanasia Spreads, while some countries walk back on “gender-affirming care”
The world has lost sight of what it means to be human and has denied the existence of a natural law, and we see the effects playing out in courthouses and seats of government. Euthanasia numbers continue to rise in Canada and “right to die” laws are sprouting up worldwide. Meanwhile, medical experts in Europe are walking back on their previous willingness to provide “gender-affirming care” to minors. Wes Smith gives us a recap.
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Euthanasia Deaths in Canada since 2022 — 13,241 and Rising
Canadian Cancer Patient Euthanized Because He Couldn’t Obtain Chemotherapy
British Medical Journal: Gender Ideology Not Settled Science
Medical Experts Push Back Against ‘Gender-Affirming Care’
Study: Mental-Health Degeneration in 34 Percent of Children after Puberty Blocking
First UK baby with DNA from three people born after new IVF procedure
Scientists Are Close to Creating Human Embryos from Stem Cells
Scientists Urged to Aid ‘Rights of Nature’ in Science
The World Medical Association Subtly Eviscerates Conscience Rights
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2023 was a good year for religious liberty
Threats to religious freedom are becoming commonplace, especially as progressive policies brook no dissent. But there is hope. This year showed us, once again, this Supreme Court is protecting America’s first freedom. Andrea Picciotti-Bayer joins us.
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In 2023, Catholics in Nigeria and Nicaragua faced continued perils
Much of the coverage of Christian persecution this year has focused on two countries: Nigeria, where kidnappings of priests and other religious have become commonplace, and Nicaragua, where the Ortega regime has arrested and exiled bishops and priests. Ed Clancy updates us on these and other hotbeds of persecution.
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After 26 Churches Burned, Pakistan Christians Brace for More Blasphemy Accusations
US Religious-Freedom Watchdog Urges White House to List India as ‘Country of Concern’
Pakistani Christians hold Sunday services at churches burnt by mob
Turkish and Syrian Christians Rally Relief After Earthquake Kills 20,000
‘I am prepared to die a martyr’: Freed Nigerian monk recounts kidnapping, murder of brother monk
Human Rights Leaders Call for Nigeria to be Redesignated as Religious Freedom Violator
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