Wesley J. Smith

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Judicial Rationality: Court OKs Law Banning Transgender Puberty Blocking

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 24, 2023}

In the end—as with so many of our societal controversies—the legal parameters of what constitutes acceptable treatment of these unfortunate gender-confused children will be another social hot potato decided by the nine justices of the Supreme Court. I’ll bet they can hardly wait.

‘Gender Hybrid’ Children?

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 16, 2023}

Gender ideology is growing increasingly extreme, particularly as it applies to children. Now, we are being told that children can identify as one gender on “top” and another on the “bottom,” or can be half boy and half girl.

For Science and Free Speech, Lessons from Oppenheimer

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 16, 2023}

Like all great art, the movie evokes reactions in the viewer beyond what the filmmaker might have intended.

CDC Undercounts Suicides by Not Including Assisted Deaths

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 15, 2023}

The CDC should add “aid in dying” to its suicide statistics and include that category of people who should receive prevention services. Doing otherwise will only make our suicide tragedy even worse going forward.

CDC Undercounts Suicide Epidemic by Not Including Assisted Deaths

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 15, 2023}

You can call a dung beetle a butterfly, but it remains a dung beetle. The term suicide defines what is done, not why.

Environmentalist Misanthropy: Humans Are Terminal Cancer

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 11, 2023}

Lest readers dismiss the author and the interviewer as fringe, anti-humanism has become a hallmark of environmentalism.

The Whispers of Strangers

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 8, 2023}

Today is my 76th birthday," the letter began. "Unassisted and by my own free will, I have chosen to take my final passage." Suicide. My friend Frances died in a cold, impersonal hotel room after taking an overdose of sleeping pills, with a plastic bag tied over her head suffocating the life out of her body.

American Academy of Pediatrics Takes a Half Step Back from ‘Gender-Affirming Care’

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 3, 2023}

Clearly, the science is not settled. That being so, the responsible approach for the AAP would have been to call for a moratorium on GAC pending further inquiries. But a half step is better than nothing.

Financial Excommunication: The De-Banking of Conservatives

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 26, 2023}

Banks seem to be shutting down the accounts of conservatives for no apparent reason other than ideological disagreement, and Chase Bank might be the worst offender.

Scientists Are Close to Creating Human Embryos from Stem Cells

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 25, 2023}

The “anything goes” ethical peril in biotechnology is real. The need for a serious discussion about this and other such experiments such as CRISPR germ-line genetic engineering is more urgent than ever. But I suspect the crickets will keep chirping.

Scientists Are Close to Creating Human Embryos from Stem Cells

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 25, 2023}

Once again, biotechnology is racing ahead of our capacity to intellectually digest what is happening.

The Patriarchy Doesn’t Hate Women but the Trans Movement Does

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 19, 2023}

Let’s get real. While women do indeed still face obstacles to equal participation in society, the country has clearly chosen to embrace full female inclusion in every aspect of life. Indeed, the day when the late Phyllis Schlafly could successfully argue against the Equal Rights Amendment by claiming that women enjoy a “privileged place” in law and society as homemakers and mothers, is long gone.

Sacrificing Pre-Natal Wellness for Gender Ideology

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 19, 2023}

We're told that applying a precautionary principle to protecting gestating babies is transphobic and akin to eugenics.

Sacrificing Pre-Natal Wellness on the Altar of Trans Ideology

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 18, 2023}

By taking pregnant women who identify as men off testosterone during pregnancy, doctors are placing the safety of babies above the feelings of the mother.

Bipartisan Senate Bill to Reduce Stillbirths Contains an Irony

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 11, 2023}

The freedom to be in control of your own body is an essential freedom, full stop. . . . That’s why it’s so crucial that medical decisions be made by individuals and whomever they may choose to consult—not by extremist politicians.

Conservatives, Not LGBT, Most Threatened by Businesses Refusing Service

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 10, 2023}

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that it’s unconstitutional for Colorado to punish a commercial designer for refusing to create a same-sex wedding website in violation of her Christian beliefs.

Tennessee Law Banning Most ‘Gender Affirming Care’ Reinstated

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 9, 2023}

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated Tennessee’s law banning (in most circumstances) puberty blockers and surgeries for children with gender dysphoria. It had been enjoined as to puberty blockers by a trial judge, who ruled the law was unconstitutional on its face.

Wesley J. Smith

Archives

Judicial Rationality: Court OKs Law Banning Transgender Puberty Blocking

‘Gender Hybrid’ Children?

For Science and Free Speech, Lessons from Oppenheimer

CDC Undercounts Suicides by Not Including Assisted Deaths

CDC Undercounts Suicide Epidemic by Not Including Assisted Deaths

Environmentalist Misanthropy: Humans Are Terminal Cancer

The Whispers of Strangers

American Academy of Pediatrics Takes a Half Step Back from ‘Gender-Affirming Care’

Financial Excommunication: The De-Banking of Conservatives

Scientists Are Close to Creating Human Embryos from Stem Cells

Scientists Are Close to Creating Human Embryos from Stem Cells

The Patriarchy Doesn’t Hate Women but the Trans Movement Does

Sacrificing Pre-Natal Wellness for Gender Ideology

Sacrificing Pre-Natal Wellness on the Altar of Trans Ideology

Bipartisan Senate Bill to Reduce Stillbirths Contains an Irony

Conservatives, Not LGBT, Most Threatened by Businesses Refusing Service

Tennessee Law Banning Most ‘Gender Affirming Care’ Reinstated

Medical Establishment Loathes Anti–Affirmative-Action Case

Fauci Didn’t Practice the ‘Love’ for Adversaries He Now Preaches

Canadian Disabled Woman Opts for Euthanasia Because She Can’t Get Timely Assistance