Wesley J. Smith

The British Medical Journal reports that Canadian doctors are seeking Canadian Supreme Court authority to withdraw wanted life-extending treatment. From the May 10, 2012 story (abstract only):Canada’s Supreme Court will next week consider an appeal from two Canadian doctors who . . . . Continue Reading »

A Time cover photo will appear in the next magazine that is beyond shameful. It shows a woman, looking defiantly at the camera, one breast being suckled by her son standing on a chair. (I won’t add to his injury by posting the photo here. If you want to see it, . . . . Continue Reading »

President Obama stated the obvious yesterday when he supported gay marriage. That issue is beyond our jurisdiction here. However, I would be remiss if I failed to note the president’s hollow hypocrisy when he claimed to “respect” religious institutions that disagree—given his . . . . Continue Reading »

I warned in Culture of Death: The Assault on Medial Ethics in America that the bioethics movement had ambitions to influence life and public policy well beyond its sphere of influence in medicine and health-related laws and regulations. The title of an article published in . . . . Continue Reading »

At the risk of bringing the roof down on my head...The same California legislature that passed a law allowing minors to obtain abortions without any notice to parents, now has a bill pending that would prevent psychotherapists from providing services intended to alter a gay child’s . . . . Continue Reading »

This isn’t about the election, it is about our culture having developed such a strong sense of entitlement to what we want that norms and mores must fall to accommodate our desires. IVF often falls into that category.I bring this up (again) because one of Mitt Romney’s sons Tweeted . . . . Continue Reading »

I get so confused.  We are told that suicide is a right, even for the mentally ill.  Then, we hear that doctors should monitor their depressed patients for suicidal ideation.  From the Medical News Today story:After receiving a small number of complaints that criticized GPs for . . . . Continue Reading »

My, my: For abortion, a gestating fetus doesn’t count as one of “us” to the Obama crowd. But for a White House tour, he or she does.  From the Free Beacon story:The White House Visitors Office requires that an unborn child—still residing in utero—must be counted as a . . . . Continue Reading »

If one thing doesn’t get you, another will. Transhumanists have such hubris they actually believe they can become near immortal here in the physical world. But nature doesn’t want us to be immortal, it would lead to stagnant pools don’t you know. And now, a new . . . . Continue Reading »

I warned a few months ago in the Weekly Standard that the fight against obesity would become the new global warming, the excuse for more government, higher taxes, and bioethical “expert” dominance.  In a word, bloat.  And now, the Institute on Medicine proves me right. From the . . . . Continue Reading »