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Abortion and the Future
The cheapening of human life brought about by
abortion-on-demand has, like falling dominoes, brought
two other curses upon our society. This first is
"infanticide," the "killing" of a newborn baby by active
or passive means because he is considered to have a
life not worth living. What started
off
t6 be a woman's
right to abortion-on-demand has become a woman's
legal right to a dead baby.
Inasmuch as a woman has the right to a dead baby,
does she not have the right to a dead baby outside the
womb as well as inside the womb? Apparently she
does! Medical journals published in the U.S. carry clear
indication that doctors are practicing infanticide, and
.yet the law has apparently turned its back. Infanticide
in reality is homicide.
The second curse is euthanasia, or so called "mercy–
killing," the termination of the life of a dependent
individual allegedly for his own benefit. Today, we
receive reports about elderly people in HEW approved
nursing homes who are not having their infections and
fever symptoms treated. The reasons have very little
to do with limitations in medicine.
Frequently, such decisions are made by staff
personnel based on social problems of the patient in
question, such as the frequency of visitation by the
family, the number of nursing hours required per week,
ano the general acceptability of the patient with the
nursing home staff. Who knows what the next domino
might be, as we systematically cheapen human life and
undermine the family structure so essential to the
future of our society?
When doctors are willing to become social
executioners for millions of babies, we must examine
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