Wesley J. Smith

The story published in The Scientist about one of the presentations I missed in Albany, shows the utter disingenuousness of Big Biotech’s propaganda campaign in favor of ESCR and human cloning. In Maryland, for example, legislators replaced the accurate term “embryo” with the junk . . . . Continue Reading »

I have been reflecting some more on the Albany bioethics conference. I think that R. Alta Charo’s Friday lunch keynote address, in which she worried about “the endarkenment” of bioethics (allegedly due to “neoconservative” influence), is worth mentioning. I didn’t . . . . Continue Reading »

Sightings of my Starbuck’s coffee cup have been coming in from as far away as South Africa. Jennifer Lahl of the Center for Bioethics and Culture weighs in with her take on my statement, . . . . Continue Reading »

Apparently while I was on vacation, a new futile care dispute has erupted in Texas. Here is the Houston Chronicle’s story. From the story’s tenor, I sense that the Texas futility law might be in some jeopardy. I certainly hope . . . . Continue Reading »

I have to hand it to Glenn McGee: He organized an excellent bioethics conference. The deck was definitely not stacked and people with sharp and deeply felt differences were able to meet and debate without undue rancor or nastiness. I missed the first day but apparently Not Dead Yet sprang a surprise . . . . Continue Reading »

Cathy Young, a libertarian writer, wrote this piece on transhumanism for the Boston Globe, which she launches using my piece published a few weeks ago in the Weekly Standard. Young tries to take the center spot between those who have a “knee-jerk fear of the unknown” (that would be me, . . . . Continue Reading »

I reviewed Ramesh Ponnuru’s book Party of Death in the current issue of the Weekly Standard. I gave it pretty much a . . . . Continue Reading »

In preparation for trying to convince the House of Lords to legalize assisted suicide, a small rump group in the BMA pulled a ploy that got the organization on record as neutral to legalizing PAS. But now the membership has weighed in and come out strongly against legalization. With the BMA now . . . . Continue Reading »

I was in France when word came through that AB 651 had failed in the California Senate Judiciary Committee. Splendid news. I was so pleased that Senator Joseph Dunn, the Democratic committee chair, came down on the side of true compassion and patient care by voting no to assisted suicide. When I . . . . Continue Reading »

Secondhand Smoke is pooped. It’s been a very busy winter and spring and after yesterday’s informational hearing, I am completely out of gas. So, Secondhand Smokette and I are heading to Europe for three weeks. Chances are, I won’t blog, but I will be checking the site and may post . . . . Continue Reading »