Not-so-difficult Pro-life Questions

Should we even bother discussing abortion if they are for infanticide?

The Church of England has broken with tradition dogma by calling for doctors to be allowed to let sick newborn babies die.

The problem, of course, is that we have created the technology that can sustain life in humans that otherwise would die. Neil Postman spoke of the technological Faustian bargain--"for every advantage a new technology offers, there is always a corresponding disadvantage." Well, we have made our high-tech bed, and now we must sleep in it; a simple cost-benefit analysis can not justify this position:

And the Bishop of Southwark, Tom Butler, who is the vice chair of the Church of England's Mission and Public Affairs Council, has also argued that the high financial cost of keeping desperately ill babies alive should be a factor in life or death decisions.

Exactly how many quid is a sick baby worth again, Bishop?

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Not that there was any confusion on its position, but the Catholic Church has responded in opposition of these statements:

"Euthanasia is never accepted ... be it for the terminally ill or for babies, even when they are born with severe handicaps," said Barragan, the head of the Vatican Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers.