A Hideous Evil

I don’t tend to wade into the abortion debate here, however, this sends shivers down my spine.

My own view, for what it is worth, is that I disapprove of abortion in principle because I object to the killing of an unborn child. However, I don’t want to see it criminalised or a return to the back street abortionists, which is what it would entail. I merely leave others to deal with their own consciences. As for the “my body, my choice” argument, those same people who are the ones trying to mandate vaccines and  seem to have forgotten that one. As for a woman’s body being her domain, I would merely point out that contraception is readily available, so my sympathy is fairly short lived. I do accept that there are some cases where it may prove necessary to save the mother’s life. I have some sympathy in the event of rape, however, why should the unborn pay the ultimate price? All of these arguments have been done to death, which is why I tend to steer clear.

However, back to the court case.

Heidi Crowter, who brought the case alongside Máire Lea-Wilson whose son Aidan has Down’s syndrome, argued that allowing pregnancy terminations up to birth if the foetus has Down’s syndrome is discriminatory and stigmatises disabled people.

Any argument that the foetus is merely a collection of random cells falls apart here. Killing a child at birth is infanticide. There is no moral case for this. None.