Wesley J. Smith

This is an article from Exit International’s news letter, a very pro euthanasia group from Down Under. It describes the making of the so-called “peaceful pill” suicide concoction. For those who don’t know: Philip Nitschke was in charge of this little project. He was paid . . . . Continue Reading »

Here are few stories I saw today that are worth noticing.1. Canadian scientists have cured mice with Type 1 diabetes using a substance that counteracted malfunctioning pain neurons in the pancreas. This is the second experiment in recent years that cured mice with juvenile diabetes, and both are . . . . Continue Reading »

The news reports about Jack Kevorkian’s “career” as an assisted suicide faclitator, what he would call an “obitiatrist,” are so sanitized or inaccurate that I had to respond. Here it is, at the Daily Standard. The media reports, beyond being inaccurate, overlook the . . . . Continue Reading »

Regarding the AP’s erroneous reporting of Jack Kevorkian assisting the “terminally ill,” in yesterday’s report about K’s pending parole. Stephen Drake of Not Dead Yet was on the case and seems to have gotten the AP to change the story.“I just peeked at your . . . . Continue Reading »

Now found in hair follicles. Positive early tests in mice for the potential treatment of spinal cord injury. . . . . Continue Reading »

The murderer Jack Kevorkian is going to be paroled in June. He promises not to assist any more suicides. But that doesn’t mean he won’t be lionized in the press. The media love outlaws of a certain kind. I am sure Barbara Walters, Oprah, and Katie Couric will be tripping over each other . . . . Continue Reading »

The Italian Supreme Court is going to hear a case about whether a patient should have the right to refuse unwanted life-sustaining medical treatment (a matter already settled in the United States). This isn’t euthanasia, as currently understood, which involves the active mercy killing of . . . . Continue Reading »

This took courage: With rabid animal rights activists in the UK having gone so far as to threaten to assassinate animal researchers, this study issuing a clarion call to encourage proper, humane, and rigorously regulated scientific and medical research with primates is most welcome. Tremendous . . . . Continue Reading »

The newest edition of my podcast Brave New Bioethics is now up. Using my earlier First Thing blog entry as my script, I compare the love of a father whose son has Down syndrome with the infanticide permissiveness of bioethicist Peter . . . . Continue Reading »

I received this request from a reader: “Dear Wes: I’m interested in your take on Dominion—a thoughtful book on the nature of our relationship with animals. I am reading it presently and find that he strikes a good balance so far- his view may be the elixir for those of us who . . . . Continue Reading »