Wesley J. Smith

The ongoing pogrom against babies with Down syndrome continues.  In Australia, from whence I recently returned, two couples have sued their doctors for failing to diagnose their then unborn babies as having Down—thereby denying them the right to terminate the pregnancies.  From the . . . . Continue Reading »

When President Obama promised not to enforce federal marijuana law in states where medical marijuana laws exist, he violated his oath of office and opened the door to widespread criminality. Now, there may be factory pot farms established in Oakland.  From the story:Oakland could approve a plan . . . . Continue Reading »

This was absolutely predictable: When the public prosecutor for England and Wales said he would not prosecute some assisted suicides if based on compassionate motives, I warned that it would open the dikes. And now, here it comes. A man with quadriplegia is seeking a court order allowing his wife to . . . . Continue Reading »

I am in Sydney Airport waiting for the first leg of an 18 hour trip home.  I thought I would reflect on the last two very busy and intense weeks, and what I hope was accomplished.The last time I was asked to tour Australia, in August 2001, it was to blunt the moral outlawry of Phillip . . . . Continue Reading »

By rejecting human exceptionalism, modern bioethics threatens to destroy human equality and expose the defenseless to killing and exploitation. Take infanticide, which Peter Singer—among others—asserts should be permitted if the baby does not meet the utilitarian interests of the . . . . Continue Reading »

The Washington Board of Pharmacy is apparently going to revisit its regulation requiring every pharmacy to dispense all legal prescriptions.  The controversy arose when a small pharmacy chain refused to dispense Plan B contraception based on the religious beliefs of the chain’s . . . . Continue Reading »

I received a nice book review in the National Catholic Register, that focused on my primary purpose in writing—the defense and importance of human exceptionalism.  From “When Dog Becomes God,” by John M. Grondelski (must register to open):But, for me, the most valuable part of . . . . Continue Reading »

The euthanasia agenda pretends to be narrow, but in actuality, it is very broad.  We have discussed the evidence of this repeatedly over the years at SHS. Further proof came today when I was asked whilst here in Perth to review the Western Australia Euthanasia Bill 2010. The . . . . Continue Reading »

I couldn’t imbed the video of my interview on the ABC’s national program about its pending euthanasia proposal.  But if you want to see it, hit this link and then hit the story “Euthanasia Proposal Criticized.”  You can also see the softball interview given to the . . . . Continue Reading »

Fear of global warming is driving some  people absolutely bonkers.  Case in point: I was watching the news tonight from Perth and saw some professor opining that millions of feral (non indigenous) Australian animals should be killed in the name of fighting global warming.  After . . . . Continue Reading »