Wesley J. Smith

I received a strong reaction to the post about Cornell Medical School weakening the Hippocratic Oath. Today, I heard from a LLU alumnus, concerned about the LLU Medical School’s weakening of the Oath. It purports to be a Christian version (no swearing to Apollo, etc., which is appropriate). . . . . Continue Reading »

These quotes from California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger about assisted suicide, according to Reuters:“I personally think that this is a decision probably that should go to the people, like the death penalty, or other big issues. I don’t think that we — 120 legislators and I . . . . Continue Reading »

Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts intends to investigate the decision by the MA Supreme Court to permit the public guardian to remove the feeding tube from a 12-year-old abuse victim named Haleigh Poutre. She is now, apparently, reacting to her environment (not that I believe reactivity should . . . . Continue Reading »

I don’t claim a monopoly on wisdom about the issues about which I advocate (some would say, obsess). But I can’t stand it when advocates just lie in support of their position. I have blogged on Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack’s false assertions that advances in cloning medical treatments . . . . Continue Reading »

Cornell Medical School has rewritten the Hippocratic Oath. Gone is the proscription against abortion. No surprise there: Foreswearing that particular act was discarded from the Oath decades ago (although it is interesting how recent newspaper stories report that few doctors today are willing to . . . . Continue Reading »

In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling in Gonzales v. Oregon, I have a piece in today’s San Francisco Chronicle addressing the context in which assisted suicide would be conducted. Context can be everything, and in a regime of legalized assisted suicide, it would be . . . . Continue Reading »

The old photo posted on the site was about 6 years old, so I have updated it with one taken about 2 months ago. I am so middle aged! How did that . . . . Continue Reading »

This time, in the Lancet. It would seem that the current methods of peer review definitely need . . . . Continue Reading »

My co-author of Power Over Pain wrote me an interesting note about the recent SCOTUS opinion on assisted suicide: “I began to read the Gonzales decision last night. I noticed something very interesting in the first few paragraphs of the majority opinion. It refers to Oregon as being “the . . . . Continue Reading »

I am quoted in this Christian Science Monitor story about the Supreme Court assisted suicide decision. What irritates is that I pointed out this Pew Poll result to the reporter who interviewed me, noting that to support and opposition to assisted suicide was evenly divided 46-45%. (I blogged this . . . . Continue Reading »