Americans should be afraid, very afraid. In the latest edition of the Journal of Medical Ethics, ethicists Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva have published an article entitled, ‘After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?’ In this article, the authors argue: “In circumstances occurring after birth such that they would have justified abortion, what we call after-birth abortion should be permissible.” Ethics is defined as the study of moral standards and how they affect conduct. An ethicist is one who studies ethics or ethical ideals. These “ethicists” think it is moral or ethical to kill a newborn after it is born for the same reasons abortion is practiced. If the baby is an inconvenience, kill it. Not the gender you wanted, kill it. The baby is somehow disabled, kill it.
Part of the article actually reads: “Abortion is largely accepted even for reasons that do not have anything to do with the fetus’ health. By showing that (1) both fetuses and new-borns do not have the same moral status as actual persons, (2) the fact that both are potential persons is morally irrelevant and (3) adoption is not always in the best interest of actual people, the authors argue that what we call ‘after-birth abortion’ (killing a new-born) should be permissible in all the cases where abortion is, including cases where the new-born is not disabled.” The term for this practice is really infanticide. But infanticide is illegal, so it is suggested we call it “after-birth” abortion. I suggest we call it murder. The article claims that the fact that a fetus and a newborn are both potential people is morally irrelevant. Someone is confused about the meaning of what is moral, or the difference between right and wrong. The last time I checked, murder was considered morally wrong. It says so in the Ten Commandments. Oh wait, the Ten Commandments are taboo most places.
Every person alive today was once a fetus and a newborn. It boggles my mind as to why pro-abortion proponents can’t see that life begins at conception, and they should be thankful the person giving birth to them let them live. The elderly are no longer safe, the disabled are no longer safe, the fetus' are no longer safe, certain groups of people are no longer safe, depending on looks, faith, and ethnicity, and now new-borns are no longer safe. It’s time to pay attention. Never underestimate the power of any given idea.
