Wesley J. Smith

Blogger Supremo, Andrew Sullivan, supports the Bush position on funding embryonic stem cell research using leftover IVF embryos. He notes that the Bush policy is truly neutral, that is, it does not legally prohibit ESCR, but also does not federally fund embryo destruction. This is true. But Bush is . . . . Continue Reading »

The International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide has just published a new report entitled, “Assisted Suicide & Death With Dignity: Past, Present & Future.” Once again, the Task Force demonstrates why it is the premier educational organization that documents the dangers of . . . . Continue Reading »

With the cloning and embryonic stem cell issues becoming hot again, NRO contacted me for a Q and A interview about my views and Consumer’s Guide to a Brave New World. Here it is in . . . . Continue Reading »

This article nails it well. Private money is amply funding embryonic stem cell research on leftover embryos. Add to these projects, $25 million in federal funding in 2003 on existing lines, plus money that will be flowing in from the states. Frankly, the money would be better spent, in my view, on . . . . Continue Reading »

This time it is liver disease. When will the media and disease groups comprehend that the best hope for the quickest regenerative treatments involve a patient’s own stem . . . . Continue Reading »

Here is my extended article on the Leslie Burke case in the UK. Lest Americans think that we are not affected by unilateral treatment cut offs, throughout the country hospitals are quietly promulgating futile care theory protocols that give ethics committees the final say on whether wanted . . . . Continue Reading »

The propaganda of Big Biotech and the Science Establishment about cloning is unremitting. They used to acknowledge the basic biological truth that cloning creates embryos. But now, to win a political debate, they claim cloning doesn’t create embryos or any form of life at all.The latest to . . . . Continue Reading »

Here is another example of the growing radicalism that is sweeping the animal rights/liberation movement. Theft, threats of violence, intimidation—all to thwart medical progress in the name of saving the animals. What I find telling is this: Whenever I post an article such as this, the e-mail . . . . Continue Reading »

The cat has leaped out of the bag in the Leslie Burke case. The government has argued that it would be too expensive to permit some patients who want to live to remain alive if doctors don’t agree. This is blatant health care rationing.Health care rationing is medical discrimination by a . . . . Continue Reading »

For those interested in the Leslie Burke case in the UK, here is his WEB site.Burke is the man who sued for the legal right to receive a feeding tube if he loses the ability to swallow. He won at the trial court level, but amazingly, the medical authorities and the government of the UK have . . . . Continue Reading »