Killing babies - 26 June 2010 |
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A recent report by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists claim that unborn children cannot feel pain before the 24th week of pregnancy. They are “undeveloped and sedated,” in “a state of induced sleep, like unconsciousness.” Consequently, say the RCOG, there is no reason to reduce the current 24-week abortion limit.
There’s a lot of things one would like to say to the pro-abortion lobby, but let’s try to focus narrowly (for now) on the matter in hand.
The logic of the RCOG’s report is alarming. Just look at the reasoning: such young children can’t feel pain (being “unconscious and sedated”), therefore there’s no reason to stop killing them (I understand “terminate the pregnancy” is the preferred phrase, but let barbarous things have barbarous names). Even if this research were accurate (and it’s disputed by other doctors), perhaps the RCOG would be kind enough to explain why the inability to feel pain should have become a criterion for allowing a child to be killed. After all, “a state of induced sleep” can easily be induced artificially. Would the RCOG apply the same logic in those cases? If not, why apply it here?
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Posted by Steve Jeffery · Topics: Current affairs, Minister's Blog