Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Healthy baby dead. Defective baby alive. Oops.
I first heard about this story last month. I was outraged and horrified. Today, as I revisit the case, my reaction is just as strong.
In June of this year, an Italian doctor performed an abortion to kill one twin because the baby had been diagnosed with Down's Syndrome. It's estimated that 3,500 babies are killed every day in America by abortion. Society doesn't raise much of a stink over it. But this Italian abortionist is receiving international attention, not because he killed a baby, but because he killed the wrong baby. It's being reported that the abortionist "botched" the abortion but I question this label. Technically, he did exactly what he was paid to do; killed a baby. The only problem is he killed the "normal" baby and not the defective one.
In June of this year, an Italian doctor performed an abortion to kill one twin because the baby had been diagnosed with Down's Syndrome. It's estimated that 3,500 babies are killed every day in America by abortion. Society doesn't raise much of a stink over it. But this Italian abortionist is receiving international attention, not because he killed a baby, but because he killed the wrong baby. It's being reported that the abortionist "botched" the abortion but I question this label. Technically, he did exactly what he was paid to do; killed a baby. The only problem is he killed the "normal" baby and not the defective one.
Public reaction to this story is predictably strong. Maybe it will be enough to shake a few eyes open to the truth about abortion.
# posted by OregonGirl @ Tuesday, September 18, 2007 
