Wesley J. Smith

Bobby Schindler, Terri Schiavo’s brother, has become a righteous advocate for the vulnerable and defenseless since his sister’s untimely demise. He opened today’s session of the euthanasia symposium with a stirring critique of media bias and the prevalent anti-disability attitudes . . . . Continue Reading »

Longtime SHSers will recall the case of Lauren Richardson, the pregnant woman who had a catastrophic brain injury. After giving birth, the family was pressured to pull her feeding tube and Lauren’s parents ended up in court over the issue with Randy Richardson, fighting to save his . . . . Continue Reading »

A brief break from the euthanasia conference: I have just learned that the Governor of Oklahoma has signed the bill outlawing all human cloning in that state. Splendid. Not everyone is in thrall to Big Biotech and the purveyors of brave new . . . . Continue Reading »

Dr. Margaret Cottle: Canadian palliative care expert is speaking about how palliative care is being corrupted by assisted suicide/euthanasia advocacy. Dame Cecily Saunders “You matter to the last moment of your life, and we will do all we can, not only to help you die peacefully, but to live . . . . Continue Reading »

Rita Marker is speaking. Rita was introduced as the expert on euthanasia worldwide. That nails it. When she dies—may it not be for decades—we will have to make use of transhumanist technology to download her mind into a computer so we can continue to benefit from her institutional . . . . Continue Reading »

The Second International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide will begin in about 2 hours. Among the speakers will be Rita Marker, Bobby Schindler (Terri Schiavo’s brother), and Diane Coleman, founder of the disability rights/anti assisted suicide group Not Dead Yet. I don’t . . . . Continue Reading »

The second international Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide will begin in about 2 hours. I don’t speak until this evening, so I think I will try to “live blog” here about some of what the very fine lineup of speakers have to say. “Live blog” might be a . . . . Continue Reading »

This is pretty exciting. Adult stem cells placed on contact lenses may be able to effectively treat a form of blindness. From the story:COATING a common contact lens with stem cells could help restore a person’s sight, Australian scientists have found. University of New South Wales medical . . . . Continue Reading »

Environmentalism is mutating from a movement organized around conserving resources, maintaining proper standards of environmental cleanliness, and protecting endangered species, as it promotes human prosperity, into a quasi-earth religion that seeks to “save the planet”—from us. . . . . Continue Reading »

One of the myths about the assisted suicide movement is that it “only” wants “terminally ill people for whom nothing else can be done to alleviate suffering” to have a “right to die with dignity.” That is a false premise, but beside that point, it is a blatant . . . . Continue Reading »