Wesley J. Smith

The Chinese Government is being advised to experiment with euthanasia in preparation for full legalization in coming years. Why are we surprised? A nation that sells the organs of executed prisoners and has a eugenics public policy, is probably not going to be squeamish about doctors killing . . . . Continue Reading »

I have a piece in today’s NRO about Ashley’s Case. The article was written a few weeks ago when the story was hotter, but I think it remains worth our contemplation. In the column, I worry that Ashley was used as a subject of unethical human experimentation, point out that “what we . . . . Continue Reading »

Missouri is beginning to feel the folly of passing Amendment 2. One of the law’s provisions prevented the legislature from refusing to fund embryonic stem cell/human cloning research, if other areas of stem cell research is financed. I warned that this would force the legislature to either . . . . Continue Reading »

Heart patients in Texas will be receiving infusions of their own adult stem cells found in fat, as a method of helping to regenerate damaged heart tissue. This technique has shown good results in animal studies and at least one study in Spain. Let us hope that the 30 initial patients thrive and that . . . . Continue Reading »

This is great news: The bill to legalize assisted suicide in Hawaii is apparently close to failing. What makes this so impressive is that a few years ago it came within two or three votes of passing the legislature and going on to the former governor who wanted his legacy to be assisted suicide . . . . Continue Reading »

The media are making a pretty big splash about a New England Journal of Medicine study, which measured doctors’ willingness to refuse desired services if it violated their personal moral codes. From the story: “Based on the findings, the researchers estimate that more than 40 million . . . . Continue Reading »

Michael Fumento lays out the facts about amniotic fluid stem cells in this Daily Standard piece. Fumento is a science writer and he explains the scientific significance of the breakthrough in a succinct and informative manner. For those interested in such arcania, it’s worth a read.Fumento . . . . Continue Reading »

The Swiss Supreme Court has ruled that people with mental illnesses can be legally assisted in suicide. The case came about when a member of Dignitas, an organization that, for a fee, provides a safe house for, and assistance with, suicide, brought a lawsuit seeking the right to have his death . . . . Continue Reading »

Haleigh Poutre, the little girl who was due to be dehyrated to death because she was supposedly unconscious with no hope of recovery, is now eating eggs and interacting with those around her. And where are the supporters of dehydrating the cognitively disabled? Where are they to explain why and how . . . . Continue Reading »

The potential that China is killing Falun Gong and selling their organs is so sobering and disturbing from a human rights perspective, that I deemed it worth highlighting in this edition of Brave New . . . . Continue Reading »