Wesley J. Smith

Everyone knows that Obamacare will institute health care rationing. The response to Obamacare boosters to those of us worried about this has been paradoxical:  First, deny that they want rationing, and second, justify the coming rationing with the claim that we already ration care, so we should . . . . Continue Reading »

The Jack Kevorkian travesty during the 1990s was a debacle—both ethically and to the rule of law. Here, briefly, is what happened: When juries refused to convict Kevorkian, a candidate for Oakland County (MI) prosecutor promised that if elected, he would not prosecute Kevorkian. He was . . . . Continue Reading »

It shouldn’t be hard to assure people that the end of life “counseling” in House Bill 3200 health care system destruction, er reform, bill will always remain voluntary. The word isn’t hard to spell, and indeed, can be easily placed in the legislation at the appropriate . . . . Continue Reading »

The primary point of Obamacare is centralized control of health care, toward the end that costs be restricted.  That means restrictions on services.  And that means increased suffering for devalued populations, particularly the elderly and people with serious disabilities.The UK has again . . . . Continue Reading »

So we have the Great Ape Project, passed in Spain, that says humans and gorillas are part of a “community of equals,” and that none can be “tortured,” e.g., used in medical experiments.  In this country, we have legislati0n pending that would outlaw all medical . . . . Continue Reading »

I have warned about a coup de culture that is seeking to supplant human exceptionalism with utilitarianism, hedonism, and radical environmentalism, as the foundations of societal mores and law.  In that regard, I have written here and elsewhere about how Cass Sunstein, President Obama’s . . . . Continue Reading »

This is unbelievable: A Scot newspaper, reporting on the Debbie Purdy case, states that the Lords gave Purdy’s husband permission to take his wife to Switzerland for suicide.  From the story:The law prohibiting assisted suicide is set to be clarified after a woman with multiple sclerosis . . . . Continue Reading »

Slate’s Will Saletan has an essay in today’s New York Times Book Review, and it is of a species that always drives me a little around the corner.  He writes that our organs will soon either be viewed as a commodity or an asset of the commons, depending on whether we go . . . . Continue Reading »

This isn’t about the legality of abortion, but whether they should be paid for on the public’s dime. Right now, it isn’t—not even under Medicaid. But if the Dems have their way, abortion will be covered by the “public” insurance “option”—and . . . . Continue Reading »

The controvers over the end of life counseling section of the House health care reform bill has raised fears that such counseling could become persuasion to refuse care—particularly since the point of the agenda is to cut costs.  Over at Secondhand Smoke , I illustrate the potential . . . . Continue Reading »