Wesley J. Smith

Australian pro euthanasia forces are responding to my advocacy, accusing me of scare mongering.  From the story:Tasmania’s Dying with Dignity group has accused an anti-euthanasia advocate of scaremongering about the impacts of legalising assisted suicide. U.S. campaigner Wesley Smith has . . . . Continue Reading »

I am very pleased that my speaking tour of Australia seems to be going quite well.  Australia is a terrific country.  The wonderful impression Debra and I carried away from our 2001 trip have been fully validated in 2010.  I have been very pleased that SHSers have come . . . . Continue Reading »

I don’t know whether this is due to the quality of life ethic, strained resources, or indifference—but it appears that dependent seniors face malnourishment while in care in some Scotland NHS hospitals.  From the story:One of the country’s leading health campaigners has . . . . Continue Reading »

Every day, it seems, the Australian papers have health care problem-related stories—just like we do in the States.  A front page headline , “Hospital Patients Treated in Driveway,” in today’s Sydney Morning Herald, certainly caught my eye.  It seems . . . . Continue Reading »

I believe that we are in the midst of an attempted coup de culture that seeks to supplant Judeo/Christian moral philosophy (equality of life ethic, human exceptionalism), that has long been the backbone of the West’s freedoms, with a society based on anti human . . . . Continue Reading »

This is the first positive sign that the UK may get a grip on the disaster that has become the NHS.  The new UK government plans a radical overhaul that could take the power away from bureaucrats and permit physicians more latitude on making health care decisions with their patients.  From . . . . Continue Reading »

One of the big stories today in Australia is of a Melbourne woman who has announced that she is traveling to Thailand to have sex selection IVF because it is against the law here.  She just has to have a girl, don’t you know!  From the story:A MELBOURNE mum is so desperate to . . . . Continue Reading »

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Declaring that it would be better for tomato plants to be dead than enslaved to tomato growers, the ATLF has poisoned seedlings to liberate them from a lifetime of slavery before having the fruit of their labors cruelly picked and consumed.  From the story:Tomato prices could double or triple . . . . Continue Reading »

They’ve done it before and the’ll do it again: An animal rights group infiltrated a true believer into an animal industry under false pretenses.  That person tapes the daily occurrences of the business and finds snippents that could be made to appear to (or do) involve . . . . Continue Reading »