Wesley J. Smith

The Netherlands has the world’s most liberal euthanasia law, which is even more radical in practice.  Its doctors assist the suicides of the depressed and  the grieving, a practice long since approved by the country’s Supreme Court.  Some “terminate” . . . . Continue Reading »

It is interesting how much attention the Obamacare debate is receiving here in Scotland and throughout the UK.  The papers are filled with stories and it is all over the television news.  In today’s Independent, the big story was the Stupack Amendment and abortion.  . . . . Continue Reading »

The UK is the land of good newspapers, and salacious ones, but lets leave that part alone.  And each of the majors has a vivid voice: The Telegraph, more conservative; the Guardian, definitely liberal; The Independent, very liberal, while the Times has imploded; whatever it once was, it . . . . Continue Reading »

I’ll be off in about two hours to debate assisted suicide at the Scottish Parliament.  I am going to alter my usual approach—or better stated, to alter my usual emphasis—to more forcefully reflect the harmful message assisted suicide advocacy sends to potential . . . . Continue Reading »

Secondhand Smokette and I had a fine day walking Edinburgh.  It was wet and cold, but the company was warm and the city beautiful.  Here are a few photos.First, the famous castle:I had to take this shot over a lot of construction that impeded the view. But I think I nailed it.I was very . . . . Continue Reading »

A few conservatives are trying to make mistaken hay out of the House bill’s payment of doctors who withhold food and fluids, even though it will not pay to “promote assisted suicide” (the nuances about which I discussed here) in the end of life counseling provision (revised and . . . . Continue Reading »

Big headlines over here in the UK today: The fight to save the life of Baby RB has ended with the father’s acquiescence to removing life support. From the story:A baby at the centre of a “right to life” court battle will be allowed to die after his father today withdrew his case. . . . . Continue Reading »

I awoke this morning in Edinburgh, jet lagged but looking forward to a productive time of debating and discussing assisted suicide.  Stumbling down to breakfast, I was sharply awakened into my usual state of concern for society by a front page headline in the Independent:Do I . . . . Continue Reading »

This is rich: A pediatrician for a hospital wanting to cut off the life support of a baby because he is seriously disabled—although cognitively fine, as discussed here before—says that the hospitals like to follow what mothers want in cases such as this.  From the story:The parents . . . . Continue Reading »

As we move forward toward centralized bureaucratic health care control, it is worth noting the problems in countries that already have it.  Ireland is apparently paying surgeons to do nothing, while surgeries are canceled because the department is over budged, and the lines grow ever . . . . Continue Reading »