Wesley J. Smith

The right to life is morphing before our very eyes into a right to death.  Witness the recent Canadian judge who ruled, in essence, that there is a right to suicide because it isn’t a crime to kill oneself.  In the UK, in the meanwhile, Tony Nicklinson—whose lawsuit seeking the . . . . Continue Reading »

We are often told that Canada’s single payer health system is the ideal for the USA. I once believed it. No longer. Canada rations care, occasionally by refusing coverage but mostly by loooo—ooo—ooong waits for needed tests and care.  True, the country is trying to improve, . . . . Continue Reading »

Peter Singer, the crass infanticide and “speciesism” promoter is an atheist. Bully for him, and who cares?  But his antipathy toward faith may explain his hostility to, and utter confusion about, religious liberty.Singer has written that Obamacare’s “Free . . . . Continue Reading »

Switzerland, which already permits suicide purveyors to make a lot of money out of suicide tourism, is now bringing self termination into nursing homes and hospitals. From the Swiss Info story:Vaud is set to become the first Swiss canton to introduce a law explicitly regulating assisted suicide. On . . . . Continue Reading »

There are going to be some changes coming around here, soon to be announced. But for now, let me say that I plan to expand somewhat on the nature of our conversation—more of an adding to as opposed to a taking from. For example, there will be a more directed focus on those attributes that . . . . Continue Reading »

We knew this was coming, because the fix was in: The BC Supreme Court Chief Justice has ruled that the law against assisted suicide is unconstitutional.  From the CBC story:In her judgment, Smith speaks directly to the situation faced by Gloria Taylor, a B.C. woman with ALS, also known as Lou . . . . Continue Reading »

I was deeply moved when I visited France last summer and toured one of the great caves that contain beautiful paintings by our ancestors. Now, similar paintings in Spain have proven to be 40,000 years old. From the AP story:New tests show that crude Spanish cave paintings of a red sphere . . . . Continue Reading »

Here is my contribution to the Human Exceptionalism Symposium at the Human Life Review. First, I get into why the issue is so fundamental. From, “The Struggle For Human Equality: It Must Be Defended on All Fronts:” Human exceptionalism, as I wrote in the original article, is fundamental . . . . Continue Reading »

Jennifer Lahl, head of the Center for Bioethics and Culture (for which I consult), weighed in on human exceptionalism at the Human Life Review symposium, which debates whether religion is necessary to the defense of HE.  No, she says.  From, “Thank God Hippocrates Was a . . . . Continue Reading »

This is the second time that the swells who lead the British Medical Association have tried to move organized medicine out of the way of opposing the legalization of assisted suicide.  Last time, in 2005, the attempt was overturned by a revolt by the rank and file.  And here they . . . . Continue Reading »