Wesley J. Smith

This time it is liver disease. When will the media and disease groups comprehend that the best hope for the quickest regenerative treatments involve a patient’s own stem . . . . Continue Reading »

Here is my extended article on the Leslie Burke case in the UK. Lest Americans think that we are not affected by unilateral treatment cut offs, throughout the country hospitals are quietly promulgating futile care theory protocols that give ethics committees the final say on whether wanted . . . . Continue Reading »

The propaganda of Big Biotech and the Science Establishment about cloning is unremitting. They used to acknowledge the basic biological truth that cloning creates embryos. But now, to win a political debate, they claim cloning doesn’t create embryos or any form of life at all.The latest to . . . . Continue Reading »

Here is another example of the growing radicalism that is sweeping the animal rights/liberation movement. Theft, threats of violence, intimidation—all to thwart medical progress in the name of saving the animals. What I find telling is this: Whenever I post an article such as this, the e-mail . . . . Continue Reading »

The cat has leaped out of the bag in the Leslie Burke case. The government has argued that it would be too expensive to permit some patients who want to live to remain alive if doctors don’t agree. This is blatant health care rationing.Health care rationing is medical discrimination by a . . . . Continue Reading »

For those interested in the Leslie Burke case in the UK, here is his WEB site.Burke is the man who sued for the legal right to receive a feeding tube if he loses the ability to swallow. He won at the trial court level, but amazingly, the medical authorities and the government of the UK have . . . . Continue Reading »

I guess the media didn’t like this story, since it went almost completely unreported, but on May 4, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signed legislation that completely outlaws all human cloning in the Hoosier State. That makes seven states, with hopefully more to . . . . Continue Reading »

I am convinced that the dark core of the animal liberation movement is anti-human. Not every believer suffers from this misanthropy, of course. Most just want to reduce animal suffering. But the hard core or “base” of the movement are decidedly anti-human.ITEM: After writing about . . . . Continue Reading »

I just returned from the UK where I appeared on numerous BBC broadcasts and lectured throughout the country. As it turns out, one of the most important bioethics cases is about to be argued in the Court of Appeal there. Leslie Burke has a degenerating neurological disease that may eventually prevent . . . . Continue Reading »

The media often depict assisted suicide opponents as monolithic religious right /orthodox Catholic activists. But this is a two-dimensional caricature that badly skews the truth. In actuality, a broad and diverse coalition has formed to prevent the transforming of killing into a legitimate . . . . Continue Reading »