Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Good question, bad answer
The Sunday Telegraph reports that "One of British medicine's most senior advisers on medical ethics has provoked outrage by claiming that infanticide is 'justifiable.'" Professor John Harris said,
The Sunday Telegraph reports that "One of British medicine's most senior advisers on medical ethics has provoked outrage by claiming that infanticide is 'justifiable.'" Professor John Harris said,
"I don't think infanticide is always unjustifiable. I don't think it is plausible to think that there is any moral change that occurs during the journey down the birth canal. People who think there is a difference between infanticide and late abortion have to ask the question: what has happened to the foetus in the time it takes to pass down the birth canal and into the world which changes its moral status? I don't think anything has happened in that time."
