Sunday, November 12, 2006

Outrage as C of E backs calls for severely disabled babies to be killed at birth

The Church of England has broken with tradition dogma by calling for doctors to be allowed to let sick newborn babies die.
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The shock new policy from the church has caused outrage among the disabled.

A spokeswoman for the UK Disabled People's Council, which represents tens of thousands of members in 140 different organisations, said: "How can the Church of England say that Christian compassion includes killing of disabled babies either through the withdrawing or withholding of treatment or by active euthanasia?

It's still unclear to me what this policy is...Since the secular press frequently reports on matters of this nature incorrectly, it seems wise to withhold comment until the actual policy is known.

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