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IDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCES

This little aphorism ought to be classified as a “duh”.......but many in the U.S. seem to have a big investment in denying the truth of it, at least in one area.
Ramesh Ponnuru’s NEW BOOK “THE PARTY OF DEATH” is a long exposition that logically establishes the link between the abortion license in the U.S. and the BRAVE NEW WORLD we’re creating for ourselves.

Those who roll their eyes at this argument need to pay attention to STORIES LIKE THIS ONE.

MORE than 20 babies have been aborted in advanced pregnancy because scans showed that they had club feet, a deformity readily corrected by surgery or physiotherapy.

Yes, yes…...this is taking place in Britain, not the U.S.  Or perhaps it would be more correct to say that the news story is reporting on events that occurred in Britain, not the U.S.  Is someone willing to guarantee that it’s not happening here now, and that it will stay in Britain? 

The issues are certainly clear. 

Last year, according to campaigners, a healthy baby was aborted in the sixth month at a hospital in southeast England after ultrasound images indicated part of its foot was missing.

News of the terminations has reignited the debate over how scanning and gene technology may enable the creation of “designer babies”. In 2002 it emerged that a baby had been aborted late — at 28 weeks — after scans found that it had a cleft palate, another readily corrected condition.

Some parents, doctors and charities are increasingly worried by what they see as a tendency to widen the definition of “serious handicap”. The handicap provision, which does not exist in most other countries, permits abortions to be carried out until birth. It was intended to save women from the trauma of giving birth to babies likely to die in infancy.

In the military, this is called “mission creep”......in other venues, it’s known as the “slippery slope”. 

Watch what’s coming folks…...and meanwhile, start working on explaining the “principled” (not a sentimental feeling, or an exposition of squeamishness, or something based on physical location) difference between that defenseless unborn child of 28 weeks with a cleft palate, and the equally defenseless newborn with the same condition.  Unless there is some kind of bright line difference, then what is to prevent us from gradually overcoming our horror of killing the innocent newborn, the way many have become inured to the horror of killing the innocent child simply because it is still in the womb?

PETER SINGER, of course, is well ahead of the pack.  He has written that parents should have a couple of months to make up their minds about whether the newborn baby is going to increase the sum total of happiness in their family, and if not…....the baby’s right to life is subordinate to the parents’ decision. 

Are you ready…....?  It’s coming.  Hiding your head in the sand is not going to slow it down.

Hat Tip:  Jonah at THE CORNER

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