Wesley J. Smith

Should medical professionals be protected by “conscience clauses?”(online . . . . Continue Reading »

The day may be coming, and it might not be that far away, when doctors who are asked to help kill a patient—that is, to intentionally cause the patient’s life to end—will be forced to either do the deed or refer to a doctor her or she knows will do the deed.We are seeing this . . . . Continue Reading »

This short video says a lot about human exceptionalism—imagine conceiving even doing this performance art much less pulling it off—the wonder of dogs, which we intelligently designed, and the concept of sheer fun that brings so much joy to life.No, this isn’t sheep abuse. . . . . Continue Reading »

Ready or not, here it comes: President Obama and the Democrats in Congress intend to completely change the health care system of the United States without any meaningful democratic debate. Rather than hold extensive hearings, allow a full airing of one of the most extensive and expensive changes in . . . . Continue Reading »

The Deep Ecology Movement wants to reduce the human population to 500 million. The genocidal implications of this idea are obvious—although DEs usually say they would like to see it done via voluntary birth control (fat chance), or perhaps a pandemic will do the trick. This is not only a . . . . Continue Reading »

This has happened before and it will happen again. A teenager has apparently committed suicide using the death information contained in Derek Humphry’s book Final ExitWho is Derek Humphry? He founded the Hemlock Society—now Compassion and Choices—with his second wife Ann Wickett, . . . . Continue Reading »

In “Help for Navigating Health Care,” San Francisco Chronicle reporter Victoria Colliver interviews a woman named Adrianna Boden, who had a difficult medical experience, and offers tips on being a good medical consumer. From the story:The Empowered Healthcare Community, formed by a . . . . Continue Reading »

President Obama and the Democrats in Congress intend to completely change the health care system of the United States without permitting any meaningful democratic debate. Rather than hold extensive hearings, allow a full airing of one of the most extensive and expensive changes in law in recent . . . . Continue Reading »

The assisted suicide movement is celebrating today as the first two lethal prescriptions have been written by death doctors in Washington State. From the story:Two prescriptions have been filled for life-ending drugs under Washington’s new assisted suicide law, state health officials said . . . . Continue Reading »

The media fell for the latest, ” I can clone a baby ,” publicity stunt yesterday. Now scientists are weighing in sputtering outrage at the thought of trying human reproductive cloning. The only problem is that there is much less to their seeming opposition then meets the eye. As usual, . . . . Continue Reading »