Wesley J. Smith

No doubt the ALF will want to make up some Molotov cocktails and start threatening to murder scientists’ children: Biotechnologists have engineered transparent fish to observe how cancer grows and spreads. From the story: A transparent zebrafish has been engineered to allow scientists to watch . . . . Continue Reading »

John Roberts has been arrested for murdering his wife Virginia in Oregon. Why is this important? His brother claims that John killed Virginia as an act of compassion because she had Lou Gehrig’s disease and didn’t want to wait to die until she would have qualified for legal assisted . . . . Continue Reading »

I am convinced that unless they change course very soon, animal rights terrorists will soon kill someone. I bring this up because animal rights nuts apparently set fire to the home of Dr. Edythe London:Authorities are investigating a fire caused by a device left Tuesday at a house owned by a UCLA . . . . Continue Reading »

Lio thwarts an early transhumanist uploading . . . . Continue Reading »

The latest efforts to create an AIDS vaccine have failed and the dread HIV continues to spread. From the story:Last fall’s spectacular failure of a three-shot regimen by Merck, which may have left some volunteers more susceptible to HIV infection, is prompting soul-searching at a major AIDS . . . . Continue Reading »

I have written previously of the futile care imposition being attempted by a Winnipeg hospital against Sam Golubchuk, an elderly Orthodox Jewish man whose family wants his life support maintained for ethical and religious reasons. Apparently, he continues to improve and the doctors still want the . . . . Continue Reading »

This is very good: French scientists have used leftover human skin from cosmetic surgery to develop a product for testing cosmetics that is better than using animals. From the story:Cosmetics giant L’Oreal showed Sky News their new product called Episkin in an exclusive visit to their . . . . Continue Reading »

I wrote earlier today about late term aborted babies in the UK being left to die even when born alive. Awful. Then, this story comes out about a baby born 4 months early who is thriving: Born 16 weeks premature and weighing just 1lb 4oz, Charlie Jo Glover was so tiny her hand could fit inside a . . . . Continue Reading »

This is a video of Lauran Richardson. Whether she is conscious or not is irrelevant to her equal moral worth as a human being. But she seems reactive to me, particularly when she is being stroked and loved by her father.The fight in this case is over whether she lives as a profoundly disabled woman . . . . Continue Reading »

Babies who survive abortion are left to die in the UK each year, according to reports. From the story:Botched abortions mean that scores of babies are being born alive and left to die, an official report has revealed. A total of 66 infants survived NHS termination attempts in one year alone, it . . . . Continue Reading »