The Left's War on Babies - Brent Bozell - Page full
In the wake of the Obama administration dictate that private insurance companies cover contraceptives and abortifacients, supporters have defined anyone who would oppose this mandate as waging a "war against women." Obviously, no opponent of this policy is actually bombing, shooting or stabbing women to death.
The same cannot be said for what the cultural left favors -- a war against babies. The latest front of "advanced" leftist medical ethics has emerged from the experts at Oxford University. They don't just favor abortion, even partial-birth abortion. They favor "after-birth abortion."
The article carries the chilling title "After-Birth abortion: Why should the baby live?" Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva argue newborn babies aren't "actual persons" but "potential persons."
Once it becomes morally acceptable for you to kill your children, it is morally acceptable to kill someone else's child. If a newborn is not a person, but only a potential person, should it be a crime to kill one? Perhaps it is only a Trespass to Chattle issue. Some interference with property rights. Certainly not murder.
In the wake of the Obama administration dictate that private insurance companies cover contraceptives and abortifacients, supporters have defined anyone who would oppose this mandate as waging a "war against women." Obviously, no opponent of this policy is actually bombing, shooting or stabbing women to death.
The same cannot be said for what the cultural left favors -- a war against babies. The latest front of "advanced" leftist medical ethics has emerged from the experts at Oxford University. They don't just favor abortion, even partial-birth abortion. They favor "after-birth abortion."
The article carries the chilling title "After-Birth abortion: Why should the baby live?" Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva argue newborn babies aren't "actual persons" but "potential persons."
Once it becomes morally acceptable for you to kill your children, it is morally acceptable to kill someone else's child. If a newborn is not a person, but only a potential person, should it be a crime to kill one? Perhaps it is only a Trespass to Chattle issue. Some interference with property rights. Certainly not murder.