Wesley J. Smith

There are two stories that, if true, may be causally linked. First, the AMA News is reporting that medical students lose empathy for their patients during the course of medical school. From the story: It only takes a year to start draining empathy from future physicians, according to a study of . . . . Continue Reading »

The New York Times has reached a new low—and for that biased rag, that’s saying a lot. Now Jane E. Brody, the Times’ health columnist, is pushing two assisted suicide facilitation groups to her readers—including those who aren’t terminally ill. From her column: As of . . . . Continue Reading »

There are two veins of thought about animal research among liberationist advocates. One has integrity: It says that humans can benefit from animal research, but that we should eschew it for ethical reasons, e.g., as Gary Francione believes, no sentient being can be property. I disagree profoundly . . . . Continue Reading »

Pig learns that the “right” not to be a “slave” applies only against . . . . Continue Reading »

This news out of the UK is unexpected and a validation of what some advocates have been saying for years. The Royal College of Psychiatrists—not pro lifers—have determined that women who have abortions are at risk of mental breakdown. From the story:Women may be at risk of mental health . . . . Continue Reading »

The assisted suicide group Dignitas has opened it’s killing house next to a brothel. From the story: The Swiss assisted suicide group Dignitas, which was evicted from itsflat in Zurich after complaints about bodies in the lift, has opened whatneighbours have labelled a ‘death . . . . Continue Reading »

Brave New Britain just keeps getting Braver and Newer: Now there is a serious discussion of putting the DNA of children into a database because they might become future criminals. From the story: Primary school children should be eligible for the DNA database if they exhibit behaviour indicating . . . . Continue Reading »

Now this is a particularly interesting illustration of the discrimination that the assisted suicide movement would imbed into the law. A man was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to five years in jail for assisting the suicide of his girlfriend. From the story:A man who gave a . . . . Continue Reading »

All I can say is, “Oh, bru—u—ther:” Animal rights activists are claiming that surrounding an elephant named Tai with a huge soap bubble—as an art project—would be “be thoroughly demeaning to Tai.” This comment from Mark Bekoff from the University of . . . . Continue Reading »

PETA has always used nudity, for example of Alicia Silverstone, to attract young people—read boys and men—to the cause. But now it has the services of a hard core porn “actress” pushing synthetic leather called “pleather,” with the clear allusion to . . . . Continue Reading »