Wesley J. Smith
Totalitarian ‘Nature Rights’ Legislation in U.K. House of Lords
This is the most draconian and potentially tyrannical “nature rights” proposal I have yet seen
Assisted-Suicide Slippery Slope Keeps Slip-Sliding Away
“Strengthen safety,” and “fairer and more compassionate,” really just means more people can become dead much sooner
Medical Journal Screed Decries All Fetal Personhood Laws
The authors imply that laws that protect unborn children are racist. But pro-lifers want more black babies born and protected from harm, not fewer
NYU Law School Clinic Attempting to Obtain Copyright for a Forest
The claim is that the forest is the co-creator of a song in which nature sounds are used
Hollywood A Listers To Star in a Pro-Assisted Suicide Movie
How many pro-euthanasia movies/TV episodes have there been? How many with the opposite message?
Radical Reproduction Turns Children Into Products
We are entering a world in which babies can be special-ordered
Contrary to Claims, Bioethics Is Not a ‘Moral Tradition’
This article is republished from National Review with the permission of the author. Public-advocacy-focused secular bioethics is largely progressive politics covered with a veneer of expertise. While there are certainly university courses and degrees in the field, no bioethicist is licensed as such. Indeed, the entire discourse is purely subjective. It is driven mostly by philosophers, professors, doctors, and lawyers who opine about a particular set of issues, your faithful correspondent included. But now, members of the tribe apparently want to pretend that secular bioethics has become such a deeply ingrained part of our societal bedrock that it qualifies as a moral tradition. From, “Bioethics as an Emerging Moral Tradition and Some Implications for Adversarial Cooperation,” published in the influential Journal Read More ›
Canadian Dementia Patient Euthanized at Family’s Request
My mother died of Alzheimer’s. I could have easily maneuvered her into a situation where she would have seemed to have consented to assisted suicide
Another Radical Reproductive Technology
Researchers have created human eggs from skin cells and successfully fertilized some of them with IVFElderly Couple Avoids Widowhood by Assisted Suicide
The British couple sent emails to announce their decision to end their lives at a Swiss clinic
J. K. Rowling Comes Out Against Legalizing Assisted Suicide
The mega author , of Harry Potter fame, is definitely a political liberal
Unscientific ‘Nature Rights’ Mysticism Pushed at Harvard
Harvard Kennedy School hosted a symposium on “nature rights” undergirded by “indigenous knowledge” as part of the 2025 Harvard Climate Action Week
Will We Care For or Kill Dementia Patients?
I believe that people need to be aware of the unthinkable actions, once (properly) deemed abandonment, that are now being advocated at the highest levels of cultural influence
Wielding ALS Suffering to Expand Assisted Suicide into Euthanasia
The most effective opponents of assisted suicide are disability rights activists because they — correctly, in my view — see the movement as discriminating against them
Kilmeade: ‘Just Kill’ Mentally Ill Homeless Who Refuse Help
Kilmeade, who later offered a terse apology, is not a would-be TikTok influencer. He is a major personality on the country’s most watched cable news channel
California: Experiments on People with ‘Life-Shortening’ Conditions
“Life-shortening” conditions is not the same thing as "terminally ill"
Should ‘Nature’ Own Stock in Companies?
Which aspect of nature would be in control? Flora? Fauna? Geological features? Mosquitoes?The question of whether nature should own stock is ridiculous on its face. But that doesn’t stop environmental radicals from furthering that cause. Indeed, at least one privately held company has put “nature” on its board of directors. Now, a leading New Zealand law firm Parry Field — which represents nonprofit organizations — has published a paper urging that “nature” become an owner of companies. The author, one of the partners, named Steven Moe, goes wrong right off the bat. From “Nature as a Shareholder“: When speaking, I often hold up an apple and ask what the potential is — maybe an apple pie, sliced into a salad, or perhaps some apple cider? No — the true potential are the seeds inside which Read More ›
Xi and Putin Are Transhumanists – Are You Surprised?
Transhumanism is mostly a materialistic wail of despair in the night, a desperate quest for hope for those who are terrified that death leads to obliteration