In Holland, a health official has called for a debate on forced abortion and contraception to deal with the problem of "unwanted children." Her logic mixes pro-choice and euthanasia logic, taking what some think is the next logical step in liberal thought.
According to the report, Van den Anker said children from these groups run an "unacceptable risk" of growing up without love and with "violence, neglect, mistreatment and sexual abuse."
Van den Anker pointed to the growing number of Antillean youth gangs in Rotterdam whose members come from loveless homes.
If we can justify abortion to prevent children from having a poor quality of life, and we recognize that most ghetto kids will live a life filled with drugs and violence and poverty, why not spare them by forcing unwed teens to have abortions? Now of course, pro-choicers will say that that decision must be left up to the mother. But it is obvious that most of these mothers won’t be able to care for their children, who will end up being a burden on society. Besides, this is really just contraception, it’s just a blob of cells. For the good of all, let’s have these mothers undergo the "simple procedure" of abortion until they can prove that they are responsible enough to have children.
Now, I suspect that most pro-choicers would not take their logic that far, because they hold the individual as their primary concern (well, not the unborn one), and would not want government to tell them yea or nay. But Holland, the bastion of liberal politics, is headed just that way. Man, I hate it when slippery slope arguments turn out to be right. Thankfully, this official is getting a lot of resistance, so maybe reason will win out and we can move the line the OTHER way.
One politician calls for a debate and you then extrapolate that Holland itself is headed in that direction? Man Seeker – Fred Phelps says that God Hates Fags. I guess all Americans believe that.
What are you trying to do here other than be dishonest about this? No reasonable person supports the notion of forced abortions. No. Reasonable. Person.
Not yet. While most people now consider that death with dignity laws can be contained (which I agree with), we must be vigilant to NOT allow ourselves down the slippery slope. The Schiavo case is one example of moving down that slope (her death could not be called volunatary), nor was the attempted removal of that little girl's tube – the one that came out of her coma before the court order to stop feeding her was carried out.
If politicians have the gaul to say such things, they should be roundly rebuked. That's why I am bringing it up. What is unthinkable today can become commonplace if we don't speak up – I mean, look at all of the abortions we have – who would have thought we could kill children so easily? I think that forced abortions could easily be justified using our current, often twised logic.
On that same subject, is it ok if black persons object because the target of such a program would probably be their communities?
You are right, she is just calling for public debate, so perhaps we should have it, but I certainly hope that we come up with a better solution than forced abortion and contraception. Maybe forced church attendance? ;)
that is completely AWFUL. and totally unlawful to "force" abortions based on stereotypes and statistics.
how about forcing abortions on stage moms?
and drugs testing upperclass parents who can afford hard drugs, but have enough money to hide the drug abuse?
basically we should just place every woman on mandatory birth-control until the want a child bad enough to go through rigorous testing to PROVE they can be a good parent.. yeah.. thats logical.