Wesley J. Smith

I am a special consultant to the CBC and proud of it. This new promo video only tells the half of the energetic engagement with bioethical issues in which the CBC engages. A certain gray haired/bearded rapidly aging fellow even makes a brief appearance. Check it out. . . . . Continue Reading »

Debby Purdy, the UK woman struggling with progressive MS, went to court seeking an order assuring her that should she want to die, that her husband could assist her and face no legal consequences. (This case was similar to that of Diane Pretty a few years ago.) The trial court refused. From the . . . . Continue Reading »

Barbara Wagner was refused life-extending chemotherapy by Oregon Medicaid but explicitly told that the State would pay for her assisted suicide.That is the future if we accept the death agenda. In this No on I-1000 Ad, Barbara Wagner—who has since died—urges Washingtonians to vote no. . . . . Continue Reading »

For years we have been warned that there would be a “brain drain” if we did not pour billions into ESCR and human cloning research. I have called this the “blank check” demand.Meanwhile, in Brave New Britain—the country that never says no—scientists wanting . . . . Continue Reading »

I tried to link my interview with Shelton Walden on Pacifica’s WBAI in NYC over the weekend, and the archive was, shall we say, dysfunctional. I now have the right link. If you would like to hear the interview, in which Walden and I talk at length about human exceptionalism, animal rights, . . . . Continue Reading »

This is so typical. A Swiss gynecologist death doctor named Alois Geiger admits helping with the suicide people outside his medical specialty. He is a gynecologist. From the column:Should one not be allowed to make use of medical means to release oneself from suffering? The wish to commit suicide is . . . . Continue Reading »

This is revisionism on steroids. The Hippocratic Oath is no longer taken by most doctors because it has some politically incorrect clauses, such as barring physicians from mercy killing patients, abortion, and sex with patients. I have written about those matters here at SHS before. But now an . . . . Continue Reading »

I recorded an interview with Shelton Walden a bit ago for his program Walden’s Pond on WBAI, 99.5 FM in New York. It airs today at 1 Eastern, or can be streamed here. This is a Pacifica radio station, on the left of the political spectrum as well as the radio dial, and so I was very pleased to . . . . Continue Reading »

A disturbing study has been published indicating that many doctors prescribe placebos instead of efficacious medications to their patients. From the story:Many rheumatologists and general internal medicine physicians in the US say they regularly prescribe “placebo treatments” including . . . . Continue Reading »

I have warned against this from time to time, but it always bears repeating. The hype tossed around so casually in the great stem cell debate—mostly but not exclusively by ESCR proponents—has raised hopes so high that some people are rushing for unproven stem cell treatments in places . . . . Continue Reading »