Wesley J. Smith

This story demonstrates the dangers that are out there in stem cell land for the unwary. A Las Vegas doctor has been treating people with serious illnesses, such as MS, with stem cells from placenta and other non embrynic sources. These have great potential for future therapies. But, such treatments . . . . Continue Reading »

ACT, which claimed falsely to have created ES cell lines without actually destroying embryos, has gotten itself in the news again: This time to tout receipt of a $204,000 NIH grant to conduct embryonic stem cell research. As usual, the company’s spin machine is whirling like a centrifuge. . . . . Continue Reading »

Legislation has been introduced in Nebraska to outlaw all human cloning. And guess what? Unlike the deceptive Amendment 2, the legislation defines human cloning in a scientifically accurate manner. Maybe the reporters and editorialists of the Kansas City Star will read the legislation and learn that . . . . Continue Reading »

I have been warning that animal liberationist fanatics would kill somebody someday. It almost happened, in England. Two letter bombs sent to science firms. One injury. Animal protesters linked. If every animal rights leader and grass roots activist doesn’t publicly protest this escalation in . . . . Continue Reading »

The mainstream bioethicists are mightily ticked because National Review’s Ramesh Ponurru (and others) resist their perceived wisdom on ESCR funding and ethics. But in attacking Ponurru, they bit off more than they can chew. In his usual methodical manner, the NR writer demonstrates that he . . . . Continue Reading »

I received an e-mail from Lenore Dixon, Andrea Clark’s sister. Readers of Secondhand Smoke will recall that Clark was the woman who was the subject of a fight over the attempt to terminate wanted life-sustaining treatment. Her family was treated disgracefully. Now, they are working to fight . . . . Continue Reading »

As promised, I have now read “Attenuating Growth in Children with Profound Developmental Disability” in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (2006;160:1013-1017), written by the doctors who kept Ashley a “pillow angel.” (HT Susan Nunes)It is very disturbing. . . . . Continue Reading »

Animal liberation radicals, calling themselves WAR (Win Animal Rights), have declared “war” against Wall Street because the New York Stock Exchange listed Huntingdon Life Sciences on the Big Board. Radical liberationists have vowed to put HLS out of business because it conducts animal . . . . Continue Reading »

This was expected: Arizona legislators will introduce an assisted suicide legalization bill. Typically, the media report states that the opponents will be Christians and Catholics. That’s just the tip of the ice berg with disability rights and civil rights organizations also opposing, along . . . . Continue Reading »

The quest for the blank check to conduct human embryonic stem cell research continues apace, as states trip over each other to throw money at Big Biotech and its business partners in universities. Now, it’s New York, where the new governor wants the state’s taxpayers to shoulder a $2 . . . . Continue Reading »