BIOGRAPHY: Attorney Wesley J. Smith is the author or co/author of 11 books. His recent books are Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America and Power Over Pain: How to Get the Pain Control You Need . Also author of Forced Exit: the Slippery Slope from Assisted Suicide to Legalized Murder. His current book is Consumer’s Guide to Brave New World , which ponders the dangers and potential benefits of human cloning, stem cell therapies, and genetic engineering. He is currently conducting research for a book he will write on the animal rights/liberation movement.
Wesley J Smith’s writing and opinion columns have appeared in such national and regional news publications as Newsweek, the New York Times, the Weekly Standard magazine, National Review, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the New York Post, First Things, Forbes magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Detroit News among many others. Smith has appeared internationally on the electronic media, including such programs as CNN Crossfire, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, Nightline, and the Sunday Program on BBC 4 radio.
In May 2004, National Journal named Smith one of the nation’s top expert thinkers in bioengineering because of his work in bioethics.
Wesley J. Smith, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute , is an attorney and consultant for the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide and a special consultant to the Center for Bioethics and Culture . He is an international lecturer and public speaker, appearing at political, university, medical, legal, bioethics, and community gatherings across the United States, Canada, Europe, South Africa, and Australia.
