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A new justification for an ancient form of ignorance (infanticide) - the sacredness of personal choice…

A medical journal has called for the acceptance of ‘after-birth abortion’ (killing a newborn baby), causing outrage among pro-life campaigners and raising an array of ethical questions.

Writing in the Journal of Medical Ethics, Alberto Giubilini from the University of Milan and Francesca Minerva from Melbourne University argue that foetuses and newborns “do not have the same moral status as actual persons”.

The authors say that killing a newborn baby should be “permissible in all cases where abortion is, including cases where the newborn is not disabled”. They add that “the fact that both are potential persons is morally irrelevant”.

The ‘After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?’ paper argues that the act wouldn’t be classed as euthanasia because the best interest of the foetus or newborn being killed is not necessarily the primary reason his or her life is being terminated.

The authors state that after-birth abortion should be made legal and it should be permitted on the same grounds as abortion. They added that it wouldn’t be the same as infanticide.

(Source: almaswithinalmas)

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