Wesley J. Smith

More evidence that science is becoming a special interest: Governor Matt Blunt of Missouri wants to spend $300 million of taxpayer’s money on biotechnology. But this is the same Governor Blunt who cut Medicaid so deeply that feeding tubes may not be covered in some cases. Priorities, Governor, . . . . Continue Reading »

Rather than being dehydrated to death, 11-year-old Haleigh Poutre is being moved to a rehabilitation center where she will receive care to maximize her capacities. Haleigh was beaten nearly to death by her mother and step father last September, suffering a catastrophic brain injury. The state . . . . Continue Reading »

My good friend Ralph Nader is grieving the loss of his mother, Rose Nader, who died of congestive heart failure just days short of her 100th birthday. Mrs. Nader was a pure delight. She always had smile on her face and a kind word on her lips. Her deep love for family was clearly evident to all who . . . . Continue Reading »

This is the AMA’s Declaration of Professional Responsibility. It too has removed crucial and specific patient protections and replaced them with platitudes and vague terms, the meaning of which can vary from physician to physcian. I plan to write a more extended piece on the undermining of the . . . . Continue Reading »

This on-line headline in The Telegraph for a woman who traveled to Switzerland to kill herself takes the cake. “Doctor Dies With Dignity.” Swallowing poison pills is “dignity,” meaning I guess, that dying naturally is something else. This is really an insidious message that . . . . Continue Reading »

I received a strong reaction to the post about Cornell Medical School weakening the Hippocratic Oath. Today, I heard from a LLU alumnus, concerned about the LLU Medical School’s weakening of the Oath. It purports to be a Christian version (no swearing to Apollo, etc., which is appropriate). . . . . Continue Reading »

These quotes from California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger about assisted suicide, according to Reuters:“I personally think that this is a decision probably that should go to the people, like the death penalty, or other big issues. I don’t think that we — 120 legislators and I . . . . Continue Reading »

Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts intends to investigate the decision by the MA Supreme Court to permit the public guardian to remove the feeding tube from a 12-year-old abuse victim named Haleigh Poutre. She is now, apparently, reacting to her environment (not that I believe reactivity should . . . . Continue Reading »

I don’t claim a monopoly on wisdom about the issues about which I advocate (some would say, obsess). But I can’t stand it when advocates just lie in support of their position. I have blogged on Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack’s false assertions that advances in cloning medical treatments . . . . Continue Reading »

Cornell Medical School has rewritten the Hippocratic Oath. Gone is the proscription against abortion. No surprise there: Foreswearing that particular act was discarded from the Oath decades ago (although it is interesting how recent newspaper stories report that few doctors today are willing to . . . . Continue Reading »