Wesley J. Smith

I didn’t see the piece authored by the splendid Michael Fumento that caused the seething anger expressed by animal liberationists in these “hate” letters. But they, and Fumento’s replies, although more sarcastic than I would choose to be, are quite educational. Worth a . . . . Continue Reading »

This analysis of recent research in The Lancet demonstrates that bone marrow stem cells look to be very promising to cure a wide array of diseases. Here is a key portion, with my clarifying comments in italics:“We now know that bone marrow-derived stem-cells circulate systemically and actively . . . . Continue Reading »

Adding heft to my article published two days ago in the NRO, is this article published in The Guardian. I believe that the writer, Richard Ryder, is a mentor of Peter Singer. He coined “speciesism,” which is discrimination against animals, deemed by liberationists (and many bioethicists) . . . . Continue Reading »

PETA’s new “Animal Liberation Project” begins with the assertion, “We are all animals.” PETA doesn’t mean this statement to reflect a biological truth, but rather, to create a moral equivalency between animals and humans. Animal rights/liberation ideology is . . . . Continue Reading »

Dogs have for years proved to be impossible to clone. No longer. Woo Suk Hwang, the human cloner, has now succeeded in bringing a dog clone to birth. Why is this important? Biotechnologists are solving the technical difficulties that have made cloning to birth difficult and dangerous in animals. . . . . Continue Reading »

I will be doing the Tony Snow radio program tomorrow during the 11 o’clock hour (EST) and we will be talking stem cells. I have no doubt that Senator Frist will come up, so I looked up an old column of mine from 2001 about the “Frist Principles,” which the senator suggested serve . . . . Continue Reading »

I have now read the Leslie Burke decision. Rather than being a loss, as depicted in much media, it was really a substantial victory—albeit one that continues to leave out people with profound cognitive impairments. Here is how the current issue of the Weekly Standard has described . . . . Continue Reading »

In his fifth installment in Slate, Will Saletan warns that artificial wombs are coming in which cloned fetuses could be gestated without implantation in human uteruses. Moreover, he notes, the law is not keeping pace with the advance of the science nor are our leaders apparently cognizant of the . . . . Continue Reading »

I am not in the least surprised by Senator Frist’s position on overturning the President’s policy on embryonic stem cell research. Four years ago he stated he favored federal funding for ESCR on condition that only leftover embryos from IVF treatments be used to derive the stem cell . . . . Continue Reading »

I received a call today from London telling me that Leslie Burke lost his case to require that he receive food and water through a tube should he become unable to swallow. I am striving to obtain the decision now. However, news reports appear to indicate that as long as a patient is competent and . . . . Continue Reading »