Wesley J. Smith

Environmentalism is growing increasingly radical and irrational, epitomized by the “nature rights” movement that seeks to declare geological features, flora, and fauna to be rights-bearing beings.

Article in Bioethics argues doctors should be allowed to ‘terminally sedate’ people to prevent intractable suffering.

Three bioethicists argue that when someone decides to commit suicide via self-starvation and dehydration, doctors should be able to “terminally sedate” them.

It’s a dramatic and compelling presentation of the personal and societal stakes involved in assisted suicide.

Articles in professional journals are a means of constructing future public policy and people need to be warned.

The "nature rights" movement continues to advance. Now, a bill has been presented for consideration in the U.K.

Glaciers are made up of snow that over millennia compacted into ice. They grow or shrink based on climate. They are geological features.

By all means, prohibit forced feeding, but also provide that patients be given all nourishment they want (consistent with other medical concerns, such as aspiration)

The normalizing of suicide will have profound ramifications beyond the early demise of terminally ill people.

The utilitarian bioethicist contends that being human is irrelevant to determining moral value. What counts are capacities and the ability to suffer.