Doctors 'should have the right to kill unwanted or disabled babies at birth as they are not a real person' claims Oxford academic
Doctors 'should have the right to kill unwanted or disabled babies at birth as they are not a real person' claims Oxford academic
By Fiona Macrae
Last updated at 11:12 PM on 29th February 2012
Doctors should have the right to kill newborn babies because they are disabled, too expensive or simply unwanted by their mothers, an academic with links to Oxford University has claimed.
Francesca Minerva, a philosopher and medical ethicist, argues a young baby is not a real person and so killing it in the first days after birth is little different to aborting it in the womb.
Even a healthy baby could have its life snuffed out if the mother decides she can’t afford to look after it, the article published by the British Medical Journal group states.
The journal’s editor has defended the piece, saying the publication’s role is to present well-reasoned arguments, rather than promote one particular moral view.
But the article has angered other ethicists, peers and campaigners. They have described the call for legalised infanticide as chilling and an ‘inhumane defence of child destruction’.
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Comment by NewAmericaNow on March 1, 2012 at 10:59am
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State Doctoral societies and medical practice boards should be the ones that discuss what they as professional moral people of conscience and science will agree to do collectively. Government's should never trump "We the People". The Hippocratic Oath and conscience are sufficient. It is up to us to agree as people and professionals on what is ethical and moral.
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Comment by chrism12743 on March 1, 2012 at 7:22am
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Does the term "Slippery Slope" ring a bell? It should, this is exactly what happens when people advocate abortion, now we are up to killing new borns! Who's next? If the child does'nt live up to our expectations are we going to kill them as well? Murder is Murder!
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Comment by Wulfrano Ruiz Sainz on March 1, 2012 at 2:54am
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This woman is on heroin. She is the one that should have been aborted long time ago.
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