Author: Wesley J. Smith
China Credibly Accused of Organ-Harvesting Atrocity
A report presents shocking evidence of horrific human-rights abuses, including from witness testimony, analyses of public records, and reviewing of scholarly reports.
Rats Are People, Too!
A philosopher and a bioethicist want a “Jane Goodall” to come forward as “an ambassador for rats.”
Judge Wishes She Could Rule Elephant a “Person”
This kind of thinking drives me nuts. First, we don’t treat animals as mere things or as being akin to inanimate objects.
For Bioethicists, This Is “Neglectful” Parenting
Consider: Children — no matter how “mature” — cannot buy cigarettes or give consent to being tattooed.
“Surgeons as ‘Vultures’”: Medical Journal Pushes Harvesting Kidneys from Dying Patients
When organ-transplant medicine was launched, a wary society was solemnly promised that organs would be taken only from the dead.