Wesley J. Smith

This is so ironic I would laugh out loud, were it not so tragic. Oregon is upset that it has a high rate of elder suicide. Yet, amid the wringing hands, no one seems to get that the state itself, by legalizing physician-assisted suicide—sends an insidious message that suicide is fine and dandy . . . . Continue Reading »

A Canadian psychologist has been reported for unprofessional conduct for taking a friend to Switzerland for an assisted suicide. The friend was not a patient. Full disclosure: I know about this case because the complaining party asked me to write an opinion letter about the goals of the assisted . . . . Continue Reading »

I post stories like this from time to time in order to remind readers that, contrary to the hysterical, repeated assertions of animal liberationists, using animals is an essential part of medical research. This story demonstrates why. In order to do the research on genes that affect aminio acids and . . . . Continue Reading »

One way might be to permit animal using companies to hide the names of shareholders. This is seen as potentially necessary because of tertiary targeting and threats, assaults, vandalism, and lawlessness aimed at people merely for being part owners of companies that use animals and companies that do . . . . Continue Reading »

The Joffe Bill to legalize assisted suicide in the UK is dead, at least for now. Many people in the UK worked long and hard for this day—which not too many months ago seemed as if it might not come. In no small measure, the victory comes because disability rights activists there have, as here, . . . . Continue Reading »

The third version of Forced Exit: Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and the New Duty To Die is now out and available. In addition to changing the subtitle, I have 11 pages on the Terri Schiavo case, discuss the pro euthanasia movie Million Dollar Baby, and update the field through last Spring. (The . . . . Continue Reading »

Great news from the UK: The House of Lords has decided by a 48 vote margin to delay considering the Joffe assisted suicide legalization bill for at least 6 months. In essence, this kills the bill, at least for now. Now, if we can stop the California legalization bill (AB 651), it will be a clean . . . . Continue Reading »

The four, who have been convicted of terrorizing the owners of a guinea pig raising farm and stealing the body of a beloved family relative to coerce the farm to shut down, are getting 12 years. Good. That’s the least they deserve for putting the farm family and their neighbors through years . . . . Continue Reading »

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Now hospices are beginning to weigh in. Good for them. We need this kind of spirited advocacy against medicalized killing in this country from hospice . . . . Continue Reading »