Wesley J. Smith

This is ugly: The Chinese sell the organs of executed prisoners and find willing buyers in Japan and elsewhere. China is also beginning to move toward accepting euthanasia, and we all know about the human rights impact of their “one child” population control policy. China’s harsh . . . . Continue Reading »

Jerry Vlasik has justified murder in the name of animal liberation before a senate subcommittee. Here,he goes almost as far when interviewed by an animal liberationists publication. Some key quotes:“Killing an animal abuser, who is not an innocent bystander, is morally defensible, and if they . . . . Continue Reading »

Robert P. George and Eric Cohen have written a good piece in today’s NRO about the domestic fallout from the Hwang cloning scandal. Their most important point is that “the scientists” are not merely objective observers as the media (and they) often pretend, but are instead involved . . . . Continue Reading »

I spent a very interesting and enjoyable week in London, speaking, meeting people involved in the issues about which I engage, doing a little BBC and other media, and generally enjoying the town. A few thoughts: The UK is a wonderful country but it seems to be heading down a bad utilitarian road . . . . Continue Reading »

Carlo Giovanardi, an Italian government official, is in hot water for likening the pending legalization of infanticide in the Netherlands to what happened during World War II in Germany, when doctors murdered hundreds of thousands disabled infants and adults. I am not a big fan of raising the Nazi . . . . Continue Reading »

There is an awful story here in the UK about 6 human subjects who were catastrophically injured during a test of a new drug being developed to treat leukemia. One may be in a coma for up to a year.Many questions have been raised about whether the experimenters followed necessary safety protocols, . . . . Continue Reading »

This writer gets it. He takes on transhumanism and offers some kind words for Consumer’s Guide. Hat tip David . . . . Continue Reading »

The Court ruled in favor of the parents in the Baby MB case. Good. This is one of those “benefit of the doubt” cases, in which the benefit should go to life and respecting the desires of the child’s parents. Doctors and bioethicists, however well intentioned, should not be able to . . . . Continue Reading »

Both the Schindler family and Michael Schiavo have books coming out about the Terri Schiavo case. To me, the core legal problems faced by the Schindlers were the failure of the original trial lawyer to create an adequate trial record and the refusal of Judge Greer to truly apply a clear and . . . . Continue Reading »

As I write this post, the Baby MB case decision is about to be announced. If the Court rules that doctors are permitted to unilaterally refuse life support, it will be a huge step forward for the medical futility movement, that persumes to permit bioethicists and doctors to, in effect, declare that . . . . Continue Reading »