Wesley J. Smith

A few years ago, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a non-binding (as are all UN pronouncements) resolution urging all member nations to outlaw all human cloning. But now, UN bureaucrats ignore this approach—the only one that would truly prevent human cloning—in . . . . Continue Reading »

This story in The Independent could mean that the attempt to clone human embryos—so far pretty much a bust—could get a big boost:A technical breakthrough has enabled scientists to create for the first time dozens of cloned embryos from adult monkeys, raising the prospect of the same . . . . Continue Reading »

Now, here’s something you don’t see every day; an essay in Nature (no link available) urging humility in creating public policy around science. The author, Sheila Jasanoff, is a professor of Science and Technology Studies at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. She suggests that . . . . Continue Reading »

A judge has ordered an anti-abortion activist to remove from his web site a call to kill workers in the abortion industry, along with the publishing of home addresses and phone numbers of potential victims. From the story:A federal judge ordered an anti-abortion activist to remove Web site postings . . . . Continue Reading »

For years now, I have been arguing that the siren song of human cloning has led many among “the scientists” to dream the dreams of the omnipotent, to toss aside the ethical beliefs of the society they are supposed to serve, toward the end of the achieving an ultimate . . . . Continue Reading »

We, the rich (compared to the rest of the world), the lovers of “choice,” the oh, so liberal and enlightened, seem to be moving toward a new form of colonialism. Only this time, it isn’t about copper mines or timber forests. It deals in human body parts (buying the organs of the . . . . Continue Reading »

Because the child survived with serious disabilities. But the Supreme Court of Washington-State threw it out. Good. Imagine if a court ruled that saving the life of a disabled baby could bring liability, but not saving the life of an able-bodied baby. Saving a life in such circumstances should not . . . . Continue Reading »

The New York Times obituary for Question 2 is interesting. It notes that ground had already been broken on building facilities to house research companies that would have been paid to do human cloning and ESCR with taxpayers’ borrowed money—but now won’t. Predictably, one of the . . . . Continue Reading »

Of course! But some think otherwise. Here’s the story in the San Francisco Chronicle, byline Sabin Russell:Evidence is building that an experimental AIDS vaccine given to 1,500 volunteers not only failed to protect those who received it, but may have put some of them at higher risk of . . . . Continue Reading »

What will they think of next? A company called C’elle, will—for a hefty fee, up to $1500 plus annual storage fee—collect and store women’s menstrual blood (“your monthly miracle”) and extract stem cells contained therein in case of future need. The company touts . . . . Continue Reading »