Wesley J. Smith

Jack Kevorkian, ever the compassionate one, has defended Michael Jackson’s doctor who may be charged with manslaughter in the singer’s death.  Why?  The doctor just gave Jackson “what he wanted,” e.g. powerful sedatives.  From the story:Assisted-suicide . . . . Continue Reading »

The President of the American Humanist Association has a blog out loving Marx for his naturalism, but decrying the wicked old Utopian’s acceptance of human exceptionalism. From the blog of David Niose: One such shortcoming is Marx’s tendency toward what might be called “human . . . . Continue Reading »

Bioethicist Jacob Appel can be relied on to promote the most radical bioethics agendas, assisted suicide for the mentally ill, fetal farming, you name it.  And now he has argued that if Montana affirms a constitutional right to assisted suicide in Montana, the state has a duty to make sure that . . . . Continue Reading »

An end-of-life protocol pushed by the UK’s National Institute For Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) may have resulted in patients being sedated and dehydrated to death before their time, a major story reports today in the Daily Telegraph . This is akin to Sarah Palin’s death panel . . . . Continue Reading »

Pallliative care experts in the UK are charging that terminally ill patients are being intentionally misdiagnosed as being close to death in order to enable doctors to stop treatment and instead dehydrate the patient to death. My contacts in the UK have been warning me about the “Liverpool . . . . Continue Reading »

A mouse experiment may open the door that will change everything. Scientists have created mature eggs from ovarian stem cells, fertilized them, and brought forth baby  mice. If this can be applied to human  beings, it will open the door to mass human cloning experiments required to . . . . Continue Reading »

This could be a huge development, both scientifically and ethically. A report published in Nature Cell Biology reports that scientists have made mature eggs from ovarian stem cells, and then fertilized the eggs, resulting in live births.  From the study (no link, 12 April 2009):The idea that . . . . Continue Reading »

The public option is far from all that is wrong with Obamacare.  But it is a big chunk of the problem, and it looks like POTUS is ready to traverse a different course. From the story:Aides to President Barack Obama are putting the final touches on a new strategy to help Democrats recover from a . . . . Continue Reading »

A scientist says he can create dinosaurs out of chickens.  From the story:A Canadian palaeontologist believes that he can manipulate chicken embryos in order to create a dinosaur. Hans Larsson, the Canada Research Chair in Macro Evolution at McGill University in Montreal, said he aims to . . . . Continue Reading »

A few weeks ago, I was flown to Chicago with Jennifer Lahl to participate in a stem cell discussion/debate after the airing of Lines That Divide. It will be streaming live at this link at 7:00 PM tonight Central Time.  The discussion was good and at times, spirited.  A woman cured of the . . . . Continue Reading »