Wesley J. Smith
Colorado Supremes Unanimously Nix Elephant Personhood
The court further ruled that such a radical and culture-destroying change in law should not be imposed by courts but rather legislatures
Trump Withdraws from the World Health Organization
In recent years, the organization has been using its clout to impose woke cultural agendas on the world.This article is reprinted from National Review with the permission of the author. President Trump has withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) because of its Covid failings, allegations of being soft on China, and the disproportionate share of funding borne by the United States. There is even more wrong in how WHO leaders have wielded their influence. In recent years, the organization has not just been about promoting public-health internationally, but also in using its clout to impose woke cultural agendas on the world — including areas that have traditional moral values — and in seeking to construct an international technocracy. Item: WHO sought to force a radical abortion regime on the world by allowing abortion through the Read More ›
What Canada’s Collapsing Health Care System Means
It means that people die who might have lived if they had access to health care
Progressive Columnist Almost Embraces Sanctity of Human Life
Some ethical codes are so important they need to be adopted by society to protect the general welfare and guard liberty
Assisted-Suicide Death Ceremonies Becoming Normalized
I certainly believe we should all remember that we are going to die as a means of focusing our faith or concentrating on how to live better lives
High UN Official Supports Nature Rights and Environmental Lawfare
Nature doesn't really go to court. People with political agendas do
Basta! Italy’s Bioethics Committee Urges Blocking Puberty Blockers
It's becoming a trend and the United States may well follow suit
NYT Column: Factory Farms Are Good for People and the Planet
Journalist Michael Grunwald points out that factory farming means fewer natural spaces are cleared for farmland than would otherwise be the case
Questionable Study on Assisted Suicide and Suicide Correlation
Bioethicists find a way to make suicides "disappear" from a study
Voters Grant Rights to a River in Everett, Washington
Scientific certainty about potential damage to the river need not even be demonstratedThis article is reprinted from National Review with the permission of the author. More than 30 U.S. cities have adopted nature rights ordinances, mostly to prevent fracking. And now in the recent election, 57 percent of voters in Everett, Wash., granted rights to a geological feature, specifically, the Snohomish River watershed. From the initiative: The Snohomish River Watershed possesses the rights to exist, regenerate, and flourish, which shall include the right to naturally recharge, the right to naturally flow, the right to water quality necessary to provide habitat for native plants and animals, the right to provide clean water, and the right to restoration. The Snohomish River Watershed shall also have the right to be free from activities or projects which violate those rights. This is Read More ›
Now the New Rights Cause Is Whale Rights
A big international law firm is promoting the whale rights project pro bonoThis article is reprinted from National Review with the permission of the author. The “nature rights” project — and its ancillaries — keeps advancing, mostly ignored by those who could stop it in its tracks with legislation declaring that only humans and our associations and juridical entities have legal standing in courts or enforceable rights. Now, a “whale rights” project has commenced, pushed pro bono by a big international law firm, Simmons and Simmons. From the Legal Cheek story: These frameworks centre on the concept of a “legal person” — an entity acknowledged as having “standing” within the judicial system. Traditionally, this status has been reserved for humans, community organisations, and corporations. Granting this designation to whales represents a groundbreaking shift, acknowledging the value Read More ›
The Media Still Can’t Get Facts about Terri Schiavo Right
The Terri Schiavo case tipped this country’s morality. Before her death, people couldn’t believe we dehydrate cognitively disabled people to death. Afterward, a majority supported it
New Zealand Study: ‘Dearth’ of Evidence for Puberty Blockers
Studies claiming that puberty blockers helped ease depression were found to be of very poor quality
World Economic Forum Pushes Forest Rights
Nature isn’t a being. It doesn’t possess “wisdom.” Only people doThis article is reprinted from National Review with the permission of the author. Our betters among the elites are increasingly embracing nature rights and its derivatives. Latest example: An editorial published by the World Economic Forum pushes “forest rights.” The Earth is burning and the fault is — ta-da! — capitalism! From, “Reimagining Capitalism — Giving Forests Legal Rights“: Capitalism, of course has, in many aspects, brought about incredible progress. Industrialization and globalization have propelled advances in life expectancy, education, and social welfare. But does this narrative still hold true? For the first time, GDP diverges from well-being indices in many nations. This exposes a system that not only engineers its own demise, but threatens humanity and the natural environment. Read More ›
West Virginia: Constitutional Amendment Bans Assisted Suicide
I just wish my mentor on this issue, Rita Marker, had lived to see it
Nature Editorial Attacks Trump for Ignoring “Scientific Consensus”
Mistrust of the state, which the editorialists fear, doesn’t weaken democracy. It is essential to its proper functioning. Hence the Constitution and Bill of Rights
Rita Marker, the Great Anti-Assisted-Suicide Champion, Dead at 83
I am convinced that in her time, Rita was the most effective anti-assisted-suicide/euthanasia champion in the world
Fighting for the Rights of . . . Antarctica?
Environmentalism is growing increasingly irrational. Advocates are now pushing to give rights to a continent