Wesley J. Smith

The futile care movement has been dealt another setback in the Baby Joseph case.  Baby Joseph, who is terminally ill, was to be forced off of life support by a Canadian hospital.  The parents asked for a tracheotomy so they could take him home under care to have extra months of life.  . . . . Continue Reading »

A Congressional hearing is going to be held to highlight the dangers of the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board.  From the story in the Daily Caller:An often-overlooked portion of President Barack Obama’s prized health care law, the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory . . . . Continue Reading »

The Lutheran theologian and bioethicist Gilbert Meilaender—who served on the President’s Council on Bioethics—has a long and provocative article out in the current First Things.  Contrary to the transhumanists and immortalitists such as Aubrey de Gray, Meilaender says that . . . . Continue Reading »

There is a story in the news about army soldiers on trial for murdering civilians in Afghanistan.  Awful, if true.  But this post focuses on something else.  The soldiers are accused of posing with the cadavers of those they killed—in much the same way that hunters often pose . . . . Continue Reading »

The irony!  The inability to connect dots!Oregon led the country in legally approving suicide for certain vulnerable populations—and now media and legislators are upset because pro suicide groups sell suicide kits in the state, where state law permits assisted suicide for some categories . . . . Continue Reading »

The ever shrinking and less informative doctor-prescribed death suicide statistics published by Oregon show that suicidal patients are almost never referred for psychological counseling (one last year and zero the year before).  So legislation has been introduced to require it.  From the . . . . Continue Reading »

\When I toured Australia last July, euthanasia legalization threats were pending or threatened in the parliaments of Western Australia, Southern Australia, New South Wales,  Queensland, and perhaps most worryingly, Tasmania.  So far, all have been defeated or are not an immediate . . . . Continue Reading »

Imagine if you will that Sean Hannity or Glenn Beck called Nancy Pelosi or  Hillary Clinton a “dumb T-word” epithet that describes female genitalia, a crudity that is akin to the C-word.  Headlines!  Righteous (and proper) charges of sexism!  Off. The. Air! And . . . . Continue Reading »

This is just a note.  The site is under a barrage of spam—of a very bad nature.  This is making it difficult for me to check the spam folder to make sure legitimate comments haven’t been put there  incorrectly by the security software.This could mean I accidentally lose a . . . . Continue Reading »

This is a correction to the original post entitled “Minnesota Medical Association Supports Reproductive Cloning!”  An article in the MMA News opposing a bill in MN that would outlaw all human cloning stated the Minnesota Medical Association supported reproductive cloning.  I . . . . Continue Reading »