Wesley J. Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism, and consults for the Patients Rights Council.
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Wesley J. Smith
Thanks to the media’s promotion campaign, suicide has become a siren song attracting the ill, aged, and despairing. Continue Reading »
Scientists are learning how to transplant organs from pigs into humans—and animal rights activists are outraged. Continue Reading »
Doctors are prescribing opioids for patients' use in committing suicide—federal law should put an end to it. Continue Reading »
Once we reject human exceptionalism, injustices like infanticide start to seem virtuous. Continue Reading »
Doctors and judges are preventing Charlie's parents from pursuing alternative care—an unprecedented breach of parental authority. Continue Reading »
Transhumanism operates under the mistaken belief that intelligence is “the most precious and powerful resource in existence.” Continue Reading »
Since Roe v. Wade, three major cultural tipping points fueled popular acceptance of our culture of death. Continue Reading »
Even chaotic debate (about cloning, gene therapy, and three-parent embryos) is preferable to our current, aimless drift. Continue Reading »
Doctors in the United States cannot be forced to perform abortions or assist suicides. But there is a concerted campaign to change this. Continue Reading »
When Bill Nye the Science Guy complains of a war being waged on science, he should look in the mirror. Continue Reading »
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