Wesley J. Smith

Well, well, well: We are told that only the desire to impose religious belief stands in the way of the development of a thriving embryonic stem cell regenerative medical sector. That has always been wrong, but now there is vivid proof: The EU patent office has rejected a patent request for the . . . . Continue Reading »

This is what we are becoming. Valerie Myer was disabled by Parkinson’s disease and wanted to commit suicide. That was apparently okay with her husband, who is furious he couldn’t assist her. I will let the story speak for itself: Mr [Michael] Grosvenor Myer described his wife’s . . . . Continue Reading »

This is a follow up of an earlier post discussing Australia’s refusal to grant a German physician and his family permanent residency because his son has Down. Well the light of publicity apparently so embarrassed the country that the decision has been reversed. From the story:A decision to . . . . Continue Reading »

When this story was thrown through the proverbial transom, I thought it must be from The Onion. Alas, no. A student organization at Carleton University has dropped supporting cystic fibrosis charities because the disease is not diverse enough. I kid you not. From the story:The Carleton University . . . . Continue Reading »

I am a man with deep connections to the political left, for example, writing four books with Ralph Nader. But those Movement (not Nader) ties frayed and then snapped, first due to the Left’s embrace (before the disability rights movement engaged the issue) of assisted suicide, reinforced . . . . Continue Reading »

The NHS is collapsing from top to bottom. Now, we learn that its medical personnel have insufficient training in end of life care. From the story: Many terminally ill patients who want to die at home are being needlessly admitted to hospital, a public spending watchdog said on Wednesday. It said the . . . . Continue Reading »

A study has predicted that HIV could be wiped out within a decade. From the story:The virus that causes AIDS could theoretically be eliminated in a decade if all people living in countries with high infection rates are regularly tested and treated, according to a new mathematical model. It is an . . . . Continue Reading »

I have been asked to comment on the Freedom of Choice Act, that would seek to impose a single federal standard on abortion regulations. I have not done so until now because I did not know enough about the details and wanted to wait until and unless it became a likely law.I still don’t know . . . . Continue Reading »

My newest “What It Means to be Human” podcast—this edition on “nature rights” in Ecuador—is up at the Discovery Institute site. Here is the . . . . Continue Reading »

Hit this link view an important video of Haleigh Poutre brushing her hair and sitting up in bed. I am not totally pleased with the narration (‘she spends most of her day in a wheelchair, but Haleigh Poutre is very much alive”), however good for the station for airing this important story . . . . Continue Reading »