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Puck
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Source URL: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/may/06052902.html
LifeSiteNews.com
Monday May 29, 2006
Eugenic Abortion Looms Large in UK as Abortion Pill Use Doubles
By Gudrun Schultz
GREAT BRITAIN, May 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Babies are being aborted late in pregnancy for such minor defects as club feet or extra digits, reported the Sunday Times last week.
More than 20 babies were aborted after 20 weeks gestation because it was found they had club feet, a condition that is correctible by surgery or physiotherapy, according to information obtained from the Office for National Statistics covering the period from 1996 to 2004. Four more otherwise healthy babies were aborted late-term because they had webbed fingers or extra digits, both of which can be easily corrected by minor surgery.
Additional cases include a child aborted at six months because scans revealed part of one foot had failed to develop, and a child aborted at seven months because it was discovered it had a cleft palate.
British abortion law contains a controversial provision allowing abortions up until birth if the child has a "serious handicap," intended to protect women from the psychological trauma of giving birth to a child who will most likely die soon afterwards. Increasingly, the clause is being used to end the life of children who have no significant disorders, but who are viewed as less than perfect by parents and doctors.
Easy access to abortion has been shown to dramatically increase abortion rates, despite advocates' claim that the majority of abortions are undertaken to deal with a "crisis" pregnancy. BPAS, formerly known as the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, said the rate of women using the abortion drug Mifeprex has doubled in the past 12 months, reported the Telegraph today. 10,000 women used the dangerous medication to end the life of their child last year.
The drug is taken within the first nine weeks of pregnancy to cause a chemical abortion.
The procedure is highly controversial, with the deaths of at least 12 women in Europe and North America linked to its use. Severe haemorrhaging, incomplete abortions and massive septic infections are among the many dangerous side effects to the medication.
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Lord Borg
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Location: Vulcan Capital City, Vulcan
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| Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:32 am |
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My god....thats SICK.....
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Founder
Dominion Leader
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
Posts: 12755
Location: Gamma Quadrant
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| Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:48 am |
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There goes the Liberals' argument that abortions are rarely done "just cause". Its ALWAYS because of rape, incest, or danger to the child or mother.
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IntrepidIsMe
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Location: New York
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| Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:50 am |
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It's so sad that things like this are still taking place in our world.
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CJ Cregg
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| Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:57 am |
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Abortions are becoming ridicules. They are now used as birth control. It sickens me. And the worst thing about abortion in the UK is that no party supports reducing it.
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WeAz
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Joined: 03 Apr 2004
Posts: 1519
Location: Where you aren't
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| Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:47 pm |
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Abortion should be legal, yes. But not legal to use like this...
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AndrewBullock
The Misguided One
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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Location: Kentucky. (North America)
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| Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:57 pm |
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Even though they have minor birth defects they shouldn't be denied life
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Republican_Man
STV's Premier Conservative
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| Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:14 pm |
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Yeah, this is sickening, plain and simple. As CJ_Cregg said, abortion is being used as a method of birth control, and that's just wrong. Aborting kids because of minor birth defects? No way. Horrifying.
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WeAz
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| Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:18 am |
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Abort the baby for something major, like a missing limb. This is a little like when marriage rates in Japan were down, and women who were surveyed said they would rather have a designer purse than a husband.
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Kasey
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| Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:35 am |
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It shouldn't be legal anywhere. I just couldn't have an abortion if I got pregnant.Cause I have a conscience. I couldn't kill an innocent life.
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Theresa
Lux Mihi Deus
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| Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:19 pm |
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Yeah, well, this topic isn't a debate over your opinion of the morality of abortion, so we'll not go there.
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