UK: Killing Babies No Different From Abortion, Experts Say
29th February 2012
They’re right, of course — but:
Parents should be allowed to have their newborn babies killed because they are “morally irrelevant” and ending their lives is no different to abortion, a group of medical ethicists linked to Oxford University has argued.
Welcome back to the 1920s. Margaret Sanger, call your office.
Calling these guys ‘ethicists’ is like calling a Democrat a democrat.
February 29th, 2012 at 15:31
I reject all advice from anybody who says “different to”.
February 29th, 2012 at 18:55
Decades ago, pro-lifers were warning that the killing would not end with unborn babies, that it would eventually be extended to newborns, the disabled, the frail elderly, etc. Everyone said we were crazy. I take no pleasure from the fact that we were right.
February 29th, 2012 at 21:02
Doesn’t matter which side of the cervix… it’s the same thing. If you can “moralize” it on one side it’s no stretch to “moralize” it on the other.
March 1st, 2012 at 14:57
Exactly. Which is why I advocate for Death Panels.
If people become useless drains on the community or demonstrate that they are lacking in ‘intrinsic worth’–even if they’re newborn–we should just snuff ‘em.
Why put them, and ourselves, through all the trouble and expense of keeping them around?