Wesley J. Smith

Peter Singer once again wants to shove human “non persons” out of the life boat. Not content with advocating infanticide, he also promotes futile care theory and suggests that patients with dementia be denied antibiotics and that other patients be denied life support based on . . . . Continue Reading »

Not content with doctors killing the terminally ill, people with disabilities, the chronically ill, the depressed, and babies born with disabilities—not to mention the seriously ill who did not ask to be killed—the Dutch Parliament will now debate allowing doctors to euthanize the . . . . Continue Reading »

I gave four hours worth of lectures last weekend at Trinity University Law School in Santa Ana and some kind blogger has posted the first two hours of video here. The blog entry reacting to my presentation, from a blog called “Jus Me Blogging” authored by a Christian disability rights . . . . Continue Reading »

If you wanted to know why so many people misunderstand the subversive, anti-human nature of the animal rights movement, just look at this ridiculous puff piece of Ingrid Newkirk, byline Faith Lapidus, that appeared—your tax dollars at work-on the Voice of America. From the story: She founded . . . . Continue Reading »

The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued its virtually worthless annual report for 2007. (Hit this link for details about the empirical unreliability of this yearly charade.) Based on what the Department was told by prescribing physicians—that is where almost all the information . . . . Continue Reading »

There are two stories that, if true, may be causally linked. First, the AMA News is reporting that medical students lose empathy for their patients during the course of medical school. From the story: It only takes a year to start draining empathy from future physicians, according to a study of . . . . Continue Reading »

The New York Times has reached a new low—and for that biased rag, that’s saying a lot. Now Jane E. Brody, the Times’ health columnist, is pushing two assisted suicide facilitation groups to her readers—including those who aren’t terminally ill. From her column: As of . . . . Continue Reading »

There are two veins of thought about animal research among liberationist advocates. One has integrity: It says that humans can benefit from animal research, but that we should eschew it for ethical reasons, e.g., as Gary Francione believes, no sentient being can be property. I disagree profoundly . . . . Continue Reading »

Pig learns that the “right” not to be a “slave” applies only against . . . . Continue Reading »

This news out of the UK is unexpected and a validation of what some advocates have been saying for years. The Royal College of Psychiatrists—not pro lifers—have determined that women who have abortions are at risk of mental breakdown. From the story:Women may be at risk of mental health . . . . Continue Reading »