Wesley J. Smith

The UK is going to permit embryos to be screened for a genetic propensity to cancer in adulthood. This is to be highly condemned as discriminatory and an attack on universal human equality. First it was the disabled who bore the brunt of such Brave New Worldism. Now, those who might not live a full . . . . Continue Reading »

A private benefactor has donated $16 million to UCSF to conduct embryonic stem cell research free of the ethical restrictions attached to federal funding. Some will say that this is in defiance of President Bush. In fact, the opposite is true. At the time Bush announced his policy, the controversy . . . . Continue Reading »

One of the reasons that many pro-choice feminists oppose all human cloning is the potential for women to be exploited for their eggs. This seems to already be transpiring: “an international market in human eggs exists which treats women like battery hens” is being highlighted by the . . . . Continue Reading »

In the latest example of tertiary targeting, animal liberationist radicals are threatening the shareholders of a company that does business with Huntingdon Life Sciences. The threat here is to sell the shares of the “offending” company or else the terrorists will publish the names of . . . . Continue Reading »

The growing opposition to legalizing assisted suicide among disability rights groups has gone international. This opinion piece by Jane Campbell, Ph.D. is important. Campbell is a very politically connected disabled woman in the UK, who served her country as a disability rights commissioner from . . . . Continue Reading »

I have traveled to the UK several times at the request of anti-euthanasia campaigners to help in their battle to oppose legalizing assisted suicide. The Joffe Bill may or may not get out of the House of Lords, and I could be wrong, but my sense is that the legislation is in deep trouble. There . . . . Continue Reading »

Stories like this receive way too little attention. A cancer patient in the UK seriously considered assisted suicide, but is now very glad he didn’t do the deed and opposes the Joffe Bill that would legalize Oregon-style assisted suicide. I know of several stories like this, including my last . . . . Continue Reading »

The family of Andrea Clark has announced that she died peacefully, surrounded by her loved ones: “Andrea passed away peacefully a little before 3pm today, with her family and her friends at her bedside. We love her so very much and we are going to miss her terribly. We hope that the battle . . . . Continue Reading »

I have been warning for years now that the animal rights movement is seeking to create moral and legal equality between humans and animals. One tactic is to have courts permit animals to become litigants in court, with animal liberationists as their guardians ad litem. In other words, the animal . . . . Continue Reading »

This seems an interesting speech by President Bush on the promises and perils of science. Among the President’s thoughts:“Science offers the prospect of eventual cures for terrible diseases—and temptations to manipulate life and violate human dignity.”“With the . . . . Continue Reading »