Eugenics on the BBC: "You've advocated infanticide"

Wed Aug 29, 2012 1:32 am » by **WillEase666**

"Professor John Harris said it was not "plausible to think there is any moral change that occurs during the journey down the birth canal".

He questioned whether there was any moral difference between infanticide and a late abortion in the event of severe brain damage."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3429269.stm

Wed Aug 29, 2012 1:52 am » by **Muchtyman**

After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?

http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2012/0 ... 00411.full

In spite of the oxymoron in the expression, we propose to call this practice ‘after-birth abortion’, rather than ‘infanticide’, to emphasise that the moral status of the individual killed is comparable with that of a fetus (on which ‘abortions’ in the traditional sense are performed) rather than to that of a child. Therefore, we claim that killing a newborn could be ethically permissible in all the circumstances where abortion would be. Such circumstances include cases where the newborn has the potential to have an (at least) acceptable life, but the well-being of the family is at risk.