Wesley J. Smith

The Crocs get the hang of health benefits American . . . . Continue Reading »

Readers of SHS will recall my disgust at the appalling column by Jane Brody referring her readers to groups that promote and indeed, may also assist in suicides.I wrote a letter in response to that column and spent a very frustrating morning yesterday trying to keep it from being eviscerated in the . . . . Continue Reading »

Robert Latimer, who murdered his daughter Traci because she had cerebral palsy, is out on parole (alas) and vowing to clear his name. Polls in Canada show much sympathy for him. But Tom Oleson, has Latimer’s number in this column published in the Winnipeg Free Press: Robert Latimer has a . . . . Continue Reading »

Zack Dunlap was apparently killed in an auto accident and his organs were going to be procured, when he “came back.” From the story:Natalie Morales: What did the doctors tell you at that point?Pam Dunlap: She just said it wasn’t good.Doug Dunlap: She said brain matter was coming . . . . Continue Reading »

As promised, I have a piece in this week’s Weekly Standard about the laudable legislation authored by Senators Kennedy and Brownback to reduce the number of eugenic abortions and post birth cut offs of medical treatment (first discussed at SHS here) by ensuring that parents receive accurate . . . . Continue Reading »

Scientists have created mouse cloned embryos, derived stem cell lines from them, and injected them into the Parkinson’s diseased mice from which they were taken. From the story: It is the first time “therapeutic cloning” has been used to treat the devastating disease. Cloned cells . . . . Continue Reading »

Not content with thousands of euthanasia and assisted suicide deaths a year, the Dutch are about to have access to a suicide guide. From the story:A scientific guide to DIY suicide is to go on sale in the Netherlands to help people end their lives quickly and painlessly...It contains detailed . . . . Continue Reading »

The British Government is finding the road to passage of its new Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill extremely controversial. One would hope so. Consider some of its provisions as described by the Telegraph: Hybrid embryos: The Bill permits the creation of hybrid or “chimera” . . . . Continue Reading »

Revisionist history, transhumanist style:When tree huggers take over the . . . . Continue Reading »

Receiving a diagnosis of ALS is emotionally devastating and riding the usually fatal disease to the grave is an experience that tries men’s souls. But as I once heard Rabbi Harold Kushner (When Bad Things Happen to Good People) say in a speech, while there may not be a cure, there is always . . . . Continue Reading »