Wesley J. Smith

Haleigh Poutre, now 14, was on the verge of being dehydrated to death by court order. She was spared a potentially agonizing and slow death because she showed unmistakable signs of consciousness just prior to the deed being done.Now, apparently, she is talking. From the story: A motion filed in . . . . Continue Reading »

Readers of SHS may recall the terrible San Luis Obispo case of a transplant surgeon named Hootan Roozrokh who is charged felonious wrongdoing in trying to kill a profoundly disabled patient so his organs could be procured under a “heart death” protocol. I wrote about the case here and . . . . Continue Reading »

Robert Latimer, perhaps because of public pressure, is being granted day parole in Canada. He murdered his daughter Tracy because she had cerebral palsy and became something of a folk hero in the process, seen as a loving father for killing his daughter.I have heard already from one Canadian woman . . . . Continue Reading »

This panel discussion from The Onion, has an interesting discussion of what animals should do to win the fight for their rights.A few of my favorite lines: “Animals need to stop eating each other and come to the table.”“What should PETA do to get these rights for . . . . Continue Reading »

Do you wonder why the stem cell dispute that was supposed to propel Democrats into the White House is now a non issue? Credit the Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells that can be made from normal skin cells. After this astonishing breakthrough was announced, some among “the scientists” . . . . Continue Reading »

Swedish doctors oppose euthanasia. From the story: 84% of Swedish doctors say they would never consider helping a patient die, even if the patient asked for it and it was legal. 54% of Dutch doctors say that they have helped someone die. Euthanasia is legal in the Netherlands. 16 000 doctors from 7 . . . . Continue Reading »

The unnamed researcher whose home was invaded by masked thugs in Santa Cruz (which we discussed here), whose husband was physically assaulted, is “flabbergasted” that she would be targeted. From the story:A biomedical researcher who was the target of Sunday’s attempted home . . . . Continue Reading »

With the exception of the Missouri media and perhaps, the New York Times, it is now clear that adult stem cells offer tremendous hope for treatments for a wide variety of ailments. The Journal of the American Medical Association reports some good news. From a video presentation: Adult stem cell . . . . Continue Reading »

I am sick of animal rights apologists stating that their “direct actions” aren’t violent. In Santa Cruz, the home of a scientist was invaded by masked activists because the scientist uses animals in cancer research. And there was a physical assault of a family member: From the . . . . Continue Reading »

An antelope learns that hyenas don’t have the capacity to respect the remains of the . . . . Continue Reading »