Wesley J. Smith

Ethical regenerative medical research, coupled with animal experimentation, is leading toward the alleviation of tremendous amounts of human suffering. Israeli scientists have cured mice with type 1 diabetes. From the story: Lewis grafted healthy islets into diabetic mice and treated them with an . . . . Continue Reading »

The media usually report the assisted suicide agenda by, basically, printing the proponents’ press releases and pretending that it is objective news. But sometimes, it comes back to bite them, as when the PR is mendacious.Case in point: When a Montana judge legalized assisted suicide, the . . . . Continue Reading »

Kathryn Tucker, the lawyer for the euphemistically named Compassion and Choices, who won the trial court ruling establishing a right to assisted suicide in Oregon (and I contend, much more) has shown a bit of the real agenda behind the movement. In reacting to the victory, she suggested that the . . . . Continue Reading »

The Dutch seriously proposed permitting 12-year-olds to opt for euthanasia, and that was beaten back for the moment. Now, a new Scottish proposal to legalize assisted suicide would give the “right to die” to children. From the story:Children aged 12 or even younger could be given the . . . . Continue Reading »

Media is so pornographic these days, and not just about matters sexual. A Brit tabloid has published photos from an assisted suicide, depictions taken from a soon-to-be-aired television show. From the story:It will be the first time an assisted suicide has been shown on British TV and will be sure . . . . Continue Reading »

And the tales of medical woe continue to mount in the UK as the NHS collapses. Now, there is a serious shortage of emergency room doctors. From the story:The College of Emergency Medicine has issued a report calling for the number of A&E consultants must double within three years in order to . . . . Continue Reading »

I have been asked whether there is a campaign to support Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg for his refusal to be complicit in the legalization of euthanasia in his country, and if so, what the address is to support him. I believe there is such a campaign. But the only address I have at the moment is . . . . Continue Reading »

An elderly man has traveled to Switzerland for an assisted suicide, accompanied by his wife. From the story: Doctors from a euthanasia clinic held secret talks at Heathrow airport with a London pensioner before helping him die last week, the Standard has learned. A 90-year-old man named only as . . . . Continue Reading »

One final reflection the court ruling finding a constitutional right to assisted suicide in Montana. This case—which will not be the final word due to an almost certain appeal—seems to be the latest to follow the “mystery of life” approach to jurisprudence, most infamously . . . . Continue Reading »

I will admit I didn’t get much sleep last night because of the Montana case imposing a constitutional right to assisted suicide there. I haven’t been able to find a copy of the decision yet, but from the few quotes I have seen it appears a radically broad and hubristic ruling, that if . . . . Continue Reading »