A new report from England shows one of the largest groups being euthanized are the disabled. This is being accomplished through the systematic aborting of fetuses that may have a disability.
In England there has been a marked increase in abortions of babies who were suffering from cleft palates, club feet and Down syndrome. This is in fact the practice of euthanizing the disabled. Prevent them from being born and they will all go away.
This also amounts to discrimination against the disabled. Not allowing them to be born to live – that is definitely discrimination.
According to reports the rate of abortion for disabled babies rose 33% between 2001 and 2010. This is 10 the rise in abortions for the general population in Britain.
This trend is not just limited to England. In 2000 a study showed that 25% of doctors counseled expectant mothers with babies at risk for Downs syndrome to terminate their pregnancy. Of course terminate a pregnancy is just a euphemism for eugenics, the selective breeding of just those babies who will be born without a disability.
The trend of killing the disabled before they are born is dangerous. It goes to the very heart of who is worthy of life. If the disabled can be killed in the womb then why not do it when they are 1 or 2 hours old? Why not do it when they are under the age of 5 years? Why not euthanize them when they are no longer useful to society.
Euthanizing the disabled has to stop – it is unacceptable under any circumstances.
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