Wesley J. Smith

C & C pretends to “only” want assisted suicide to be legally available for mentally competent, terminally ill adults, generally defined as 6 months to live.  But now, it has shown more of its true colors, broadly hinting that dementia patients should have the option of assisted . . . . Continue Reading »

Good grief.  I have always thought this was a dumb idea, but not being a scientist, what did I know?  Well, it turns out that the world’s largest carbon capture zone—where carbon is inserted underground to keep it out of the atmosphere—may be leaking. From the story:A . . . . Continue Reading »

I won’t rehash the Amendment 2 political fight in Missouri, but to recall that the proponents’ language led to the state refusing to appropriate money for a life science trust fund because the money could be spent on ESCR or human cloning. Here’s the history: A 2 created a state . . . . Continue Reading »

Thanks to the spread of suicide tourism, the UK is going through another in a series of pushes to legalize assisted suicide.  As with the last time, when a bill was introduced in the House of Lords, a commission is studying the issue.  And advocates are pretending that their goal is what . . . . Continue Reading »

I am a special consultant to the Center for Bioethics and Culture—but had nothing to do with the creation of the important documentary Eggsploitation (although I do have one line in it).  The movie deals with the dangers of egg donation, and is now being shown at film festivals.  . . . . Continue Reading »

It is very clear now that the primary source for making the connection between autism and vaccines was fraudulent.  (We’ve dealt with this issue before at SHS.)  Indeed, that now seems beyond dispute. (Here’s a link to the compelling BMJ article debunking the evidence.) The . . . . Continue Reading »

At its best, art expresses a culture’s best virtues, greatest beauty. But these days, art is more often lauded—or at least given attention—if it is unintelligible, pornographic, subversive, disrespectful, and/or denigrates cherished values or religious traditions.One such value is . . . . Continue Reading »

I am very pleased with the level of discourse we have seen the last day or so among people with diverse, deeply held opinions, about two of the most volatile issues that we face as societies today;  abortion and animal rights.  I think we show here that people can disagree wholeheartedly, . . . . Continue Reading »

The International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide has changed its name to the Patients Rights Council to better reflect its mission.  From the Council’s statement:Those familiar with the work of the International Task Force know that we’re committed to providing  . . . . Continue Reading »

The Wisconsin Medical Association wants to ration Wisconsin Medicaid.  From its statement “The Wisconsin Medical Society’s Statement of Principles for Allocating MA Program Resource:”The goal of the Wisconsin Medical Society should be to communicate to and provide policy . . . . Continue Reading »