Wesley J. Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism, and consults for the Patients Rights Council.
Back by popular demand. I am so technologically unsavy, I was unable previously to upload this to YouTube. It is there now. So, for your satirical enjoyment, we bring it to you . . . . Continue Reading »
A television news report from Belgium is reporting that an elderly Belgian couple received joint euthanasia because they didn’t want to live without each other. Apparently, the community knew ahead of time, as they even planned their joint funeral. Details, analysis, and the . . . . Continue Reading »
This is what the culture of death looks like. An elderly couple didn’t want to live without each other. So, they received a joint euthanasia. Apparently the local community knew they were planning it, as you will see by playing the embed above. From the “euthanasia . . . . Continue Reading »
I am trying to raise the alarm that current bioethical policies and advocacy promote the objectification of human life and the denigration of human exceptionalism. This episode is in To The Source, where I discuss organ harvesting coupled with euthanasia. From “No Longer Science . . . . Continue Reading »
PETA is anti human, and believes our moral worth is no greater than that of animals—or as Ingrid Newkirk once put it, “A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.” Showing its misanthropic tendencies, PETA is now running a contest to see who will be offered a free vasectomy after they . . . . Continue Reading »
There is a huge controversy roiling PP about whether it should continue to receive federal funding. I say not. But that point aside, it has mounted the usual defense to deflect from its abortion services, sexualizing teenagers in its “sex education” services, and covering up of . . . . Continue Reading »
It is amazing that activists in the pro life movement don’t get thoroughly dejected: They are scorned by the mainstream media. Their free speech rights are abridged in ways that would never be permitted of labor unions. They are looked down upon by celebrity culture and made fun of by . . . . Continue Reading »
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) never runs out of ideas to promote it’s a rat, is a pig, is a dog, is a boy, agenda. Now, it wants the publishers of a new translation of the Bible to personalize animals. From the story: Animal activists say the Bible needs to be more . . . . Continue Reading »
PETA never runs out of ideas to promote it’s a rat, is a pig, is a dog, is a boy, agenda. Now, it wants the publishers of a new translation of the Bible to personalize animals. From the story:Animal activists say the Bible needs to be more considerate of God’s furry friends. People . . . . Continue Reading »
There are advance medical directives—and then, there are advance medical directives. In other words, all are not equally useful or safe.Some—particularly of the short form variety—push signers toward refusing care. Others, take the decisions out of the hands of . . . . Continue Reading »
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