Wesley J. Smith

Yes, yes, I know: Very few doctors take the Hippocratic Oath anymore—which I have repeatedly written about here at SHS and elsewhere—because it interferes with modern cultural norms (and that includes the Hippocratic proscription against having sex with patients). But surely, physicians . . . . Continue Reading »

Meanwhile back on the ranch, scientists continue to progress with the development of induced pluripotent stem cells, an ethical “alternative” to ESCR—because no human life is destroyed in the derivation of the cells. Now, using human tissues, IPSCs were created without potentially . . . . Continue Reading »

There is a bill pending in the Scottish Parliament to legalize assisted suicide. It’s author recently “narrowed” the bill to protect the vulnerable. But the narrowed bill would explicitly legalize assisted suicide for people with disabilities, once again clearly demonstrating that . . . . Continue Reading »

I have written how radical environmentalism is becoming distinctly anti-human. With the fervent ideology of Deep Ecology, it is explicitly stated. But some of what we are witnessing among the neo Greens is a drive to sacrifice human flourishing and prosperity—without the explicitly stated . . . . Continue Reading »

The appetite from some sectors of the biotechnology community for funding and ethical license, is never satiated. Only days after President Obama euthanized President Bush’s ESCR policy—and in the wake of the New York Times calling for revocation of the Dickey Amendment that prohibits . . . . Continue Reading »

As we have discussed here at SHS, PETA has killed tens of thousands of dogs and cats at its Norfolk, VA headquarters in the last ten years—apparently including adoptable animals. But based on public records studied by the non profit, food industry-financed Center for Consumer Freedom, the . . . . Continue Reading »

Among the downsides of IVF has been the overproduction of embryos, that were then put into the deep freeze. Because most of these nascent humans will never be gestated to birth, they are now looked upon as mere things to be used in research.The reason we have about 400,000 embryos in cold storage is . . . . Continue Reading »

I was just watching President Obama’s press conference and noticed that he once again dissembled on his answer regarding embryonic stem cell research. From the transcript:QUESTION: Thank you, Mr. President. In your remarks on stem-cell research earlier this month, you talked about a majority . . . . Continue Reading »

Deep Ecology is a neo earth religion, the ideology of which holds that nature should be given equal consideration with people—a concept sometimes called ecological egalitarianism. The explicit rejection of human exceptionalism led adherents into a profound nihilism and anti-humanism in which . . . . Continue Reading »

A science reporter named Steve Connor in the UK, has written a diatribe against opponents of ESCR in the Independent. Part of his critique is an unoriginal cheap shot at the Catholic Church and the issue of ensoulment—which is way beyond our jurisdiction here, and moreover, as far as I know, . . . . Continue Reading »