Declaring War on Newborns

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The disgrace of medical ethics.

Mar 19, 2012, Vol. 17, No. 26 • By ANDREW FERGUSON

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And now we know the pro-choice position is that children born with a facial deformity should be executed too, as long as you get to them quick enough. Unwittingly the insouciant authors of “After-birth Abortion” have shown where pro-choicers wind up if they follow their belief about fetuses to its logical end. They’ve performed a public service. Could it be that medical ethicists really are more useful than aromatherapists?

Andrew Ferguson is a senior editor at The Weekly Standard.