Wesley J. Smith

In Japan, a woman underwent IVF and was implanted, seemingly a happy pregnancy. Then, things proved to be terribly wrong. From the story:A Japanese woman was likely impregnated with the fertilized egg of another woman by accident during an in vitro procedure last year, hospital officials said . . . . Continue Reading »

This story is disturbing and raises questions about whether the FDA’s license to Geron to conduct human embryonic stem cell experiments should be suspended pending further studies. In Israel, a child treated with fetal stem cells developed tumors four years after receiving fetal stem cell . . . . Continue Reading »

The culture of death brooks no dissent, I have repeatedly warned. That means the assisted suicide agenda, if it is widely successful, will one day seek to force all doctors to participate in the mercy killings of their patients—either by doing the deed personally, or referring them to a death . . . . Continue Reading »

Dennis Turner was treated for Parkinson’s disease with his own neural stem cells, taken from his brain, nearly ten years ago. He went into a significant remission that lasted for about four or five years before symptoms returned, that as I wrote in Consumer’s Guide to a Brave New World, . . . . Continue Reading »

Pro lifers in the UK are seeking transparency—that’s the big new buzz word, isn’t it?— about eugenic abortion in the UK, and apparently the government is trying to squelch the news. From the story: They have accused officials of using restrictions that are more heavy-handed . . . . Continue Reading »

I will be debating cloning, stem cells, and lecturing on assisted suicide for the next ten days. I have no doubt the term “human exceptionalism” will come up. In the meantime, I will check in here, too, with posts and reacting to what SHSers have to say. So please stay tuned and keep . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, you can’t say you weren’t warned: A scientific study has found that too much exposure to SHS is bad for the brain. From the story: The research, published today in the British Medical Journal, highlighted a 44% increase in risk of cognitive impairment when exposed to high levels of . . . . Continue Reading »

As I get ready to fly to Dublin, I learn that chimpanzees are dancers . . . . Continue Reading »

We keep hearing from those who support dehydration that taking food and water away from cognitively disabled patients leads to a “gentle death.” I have written debunking this fallacy, but here is a reporter’s take on Eluana’s death so you can judge for yourself. From the . . . . Continue Reading »

Compassion and Choices (formerly Hemlock Society) is the abundantly funded, prime mover and shaker for the assisted suicide movement in the USA. It unquestionably had a good year in 2008 with the passage of I-1000 in Washington and the imposition of a fundamental state constitutional right to . . . . Continue Reading »