Journal of Medical Ethics - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 06 May 2013 05:01:28 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Journal of Medical Ethics - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Bioethicists see infanticide as morally acceptable https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/05/07/bioethicists-see-infanticide-as-morally-acceptable/ Mon, 06 May 2013 19:02:57 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=43751 Several prominent bioethicists have come out in favour of infanticide in a leading medical journal. A special issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics contains 31 commentaries on infanticide from a range of ethicists, some arguing it can be a moral action; others maintaining that even suggesting it is a vile stain on academic integrity. Read more

Bioethicists see infanticide as morally acceptable... Read more]]> Several prominent bioethicists have come out in favour of infanticide in a leading medical journal.

A special issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics contains 31 commentaries on infanticide from a range of ethicists, some arguing it can be a moral action; others maintaining that even suggesting it is a vile stain on academic integrity.

Commenting on the argument that infanticide is morally no different from abortion, Christian blogger Dr Peter Saunders says "we can draw one of two conclusions from that — either we should embrace infanticide or stop doing abortions".

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