Abortions for Babies without Vital Organs?

[catharina]

I’m in the midst of a conversation with someone who is arguing in favor of late-term abortions. Specifically, she asserts that this particular abortionist will only give abortions when it is clear the baby CANNOT survive out of the womb, such as if the “lungs or brain are missing.” She further asserts that the baby (she agrees it to be a baby) is in considerable pain until it is born and ultimately dies.

This seems pretty far-fetched to me, but I don’t really know about the science. But either way, it raises an interesting question. And, it seems to limit me to the Catholic-natural law not allowing mercy killings. Thoughts?

There are so many elderly and/or handicapped people in pain all around us.
Does she agree that the govt should round them up and kill them?
Or should relatives kill them at home then maybe burn the bodies in trash piles?
Following her logic, who should have special protection to prevent such specific killings?

To kill another is to take on the power of God.
Why does she imagine she has a right to take that power for herself?
Was she raised to kill people? Did her parents say “Kill me if I get a painful illness?”

It’s the old story of: One thing leads to Another.

 

[catharina]

**If a baby was born with a terminal abnormality, would this person be in favor of dismembering the baby ***outside *****of the womb? (Note the specific here: I am not talking about letting the baby expire, I am talking dismembering the baby and crushing his skull without anesthesia)

Or, alternatively, would the option be to keep the baby as comfortable as possible and letting nature run its course?

Gruesome idea but very relevant.

 

[Rence]

They don’t like the thought of the child dying inside them? What the heck do they think an abortion does?

They probably aren’t thinking, they’re probably grief stricken and in shock. I don’t know what they’re thinking.

 

[vera_dicere]

americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=11985

I found this article about this subject. Worth a look.