Pro-lifers, like myself, have often suggested that the next natural step in the logic which support Abortion is Infanticide – the killing of the newly born. Most people dismiss the notion out of hand, as the thought is naturally reprehensible. But perhaps we are not as far off as we thing. The very issue of legalizing Infanticide is being considered in the UK.

From the BBC:

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists wants a discussion over whether “deliberate intervention” to cause death should be legalized.

Withdrawing treatment is already permitted in some cases.

The college said it was not necessarily in favour of the move, but felt it should be debated. However, some are angry it has even been suggested.

The concept is chilling, but with a core of logic and even humanity to it. It is a sirens song, and places us further and further down an ethical slippery slope where life has less and less value. Taken together with the movements towards human cloning, embryonic stem cell research, and Euthanasia it paints a chilling picture of what our future may be like.

Something to think about.