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The slippery slope is real

December 18, 2012 by Andrea Mrozek 1 Comment

An abortion law in Canada would halt the slide toward acceptance of infanticide. A good article by WeNeedALaw’s Mike Schoutten:

While the promotion of infanticide by “ethicists” such as Peter Singer and two philosophers in a recent issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics is generally dismissed by the public as extreme, Canada’s top legal experts are increasingly using our lack of legal protection for pre-born children as an excuse to enter the world wherein infanticide is an acceptable practice for women who have given birth and don’t receive the support they require to take care of their newborn child.

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  1. Melissa says

    December 19, 2012 at 2:15 pm

    Our society accepts killing for the sake of convenience. We don’t put it in those terms, but in reality that is what we do.

    There are good reasons to make infanticide a crime with lenient penalties. But there is a huge gulf between being lenient toward women who have committed infanticide, and recognizing infanticide as an acceptable and understandable choice for a woman who is in a hard situation.

    A strong public condemnation of infanticide, coupled with support for mothers who are vulnerable, would be what I would like to see. (I’d actually like to see something similar when it comes to abortion.) However, once you start turning infanticide into just another choice, then there isn’t quite the social necessity to privide support for vulnerable women. And, whoa, the idea that children are disposable doesn’t fit in very well with the humanitarian values that Canadians claim they possess.

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