Check Out New "Human Future" Biotech/Bioethics Blog

by Wesley J. Smith

Jennifer Lahl, is the head of the Center for Bioethics and Culture. She has a new blog that is worth checking out. Here is the . . . . Continue Reading »

30 Apr 2005 0

This is What Schiavo Was Really All About

by Wesley J. Smith

Terri Schiavo was supposedly dehydrated to death because she supposedly told Michael Schiavo that she would not want to be maintained in an incapacitated condition. The evidence of her “choice” was extremely weak but deemed sufficient enough for courts to justify their death orders. But . . . . Continue Reading »

29 Apr 2005 0

Council of Europe Rejects Euthanasia

by Wesley J. Smith

The Council of Europe has rejected calls to permit euthanasia. Interesting, that this AP story was not reported widely in the U.S. I had to go to Pravda, for gosh sakes, to get the story. Not surprisingly, when the General Assembly called by a margin of almost 3-1 for member states to outlaw all . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Apr 2005 0

NAS Continues Its Support of Anything Goes Research

by Wesley J. Smith

The National Academy of Sciences has published voluntary guidelines to govern therapeutic cloning and embryonic stem cell research. Unsurprisingly, they don’t offer much in the way of limitations. For example, the NAS would permit biotechnologists to create embryos—either naturally or . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Apr 2005 0

Dolly Wasn’t The First Cloned Mammal and Why This is Important

by Wesley J. Smith

I recently learned, to my astonishment, that Dolly was not the first cloned mammal. Now, scientists are stating that since primates have not yet been cloned to birth, it will almost surely never happen with humans. What a crock. Monkeys have already been cloned to birth several times using the same . . . . Continue Reading »

23 Apr 2005 0

My Recent Speech in Seattle is Streamed Here

by Wesley J. Smith

I am often asked if videos of my speeches are available. Here is the video stream of one I presented recently at Seattle University School of Law. The topic was: Bioethics: Creating a Disposable Caste of People. Please, tune in. And if you don’t like it, remember the old saying: You get what . . . . Continue Reading »

21 Apr 2005 0

Using Animals in Medical Research Is Essential For Human Welfare

by Wesley J. Smith

Many still believe that the goal of the animal rights/liberation movement is to find more humane ways for humans to make proper use of animals. That would be a noble goal, but it is not what animal liberationists were really after. Rather than supporting animal welfare—which acknowledges the . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Apr 2005 0

More Proof that Assisted Suicide isn’t About Civil Rights

by Wesley J. Smith

Advocates for euthanasia like to call it the “ultimate civil right.” But you won’t find traditional civil rights organizations joining along. Indeed, those who really want assisted suicide tend to be well off folk who have no fear of being denied quality health care.More proof of . . . . Continue Reading »

19 Apr 2005 0

Dean Says Schiavo Case a Partisan Issue,

by Wesley J. Smith

Howard Dean, head of the Democratic Party, says that Democrats will use Terri Schiavo’s tragedy as a partisan club with which to hit Republicans in the 2006 election. I am not involved in partisan politics, but this strikes me as the worst sort of opportunism. Dean seems to have forgotten that . . . . Continue Reading »

16 Apr 2005 0

Assisted Suicide and the California Uninsured

by Wesley J. Smith

California euthanasia ideologues are working overtime to legalize assisted suicide in the Golden State (A.B. 654). They often point to Oregon as the model for a “good law.” In other places, I have often noted, as have many others, that the Oregon law is NOT working as hyped. However, . . . . Continue Reading »

14 Apr 2005 0