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Peter Singer on Life and Death Decision-Making (originally on Bioethics Bites)

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The Difficulty of Handling a Disabled Child

Once you pass the responsibility to the family they may be heavily burdened. It does put them in a difficult situation but I find it hard to see a better way of deciding this than to allow the parents to make that decision. Some people believe that if a fetus is shown to be severely disabled that is sufficient justification for terminating that potential child's life. Would you agree with that? Yes I do. Sufficient justification assuming that that is what the couple or perhaps the pregnant woman feel that they want to do.

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