AUSTRALIA, May 22, 1998 (LSN) – Professor Peter Singer recently said that in cases where parents and doctors agree that a baby’s disabilities are incompatible with a decent quality of life, it would be kinder to end the baby’s life deliberately, rather than leave it to die. He suggests giving a lethal injection would be appropriate. Singer is deputy director of the Centre for Human Bioethics at Australia’s Monash University. In response, professor Richard Cook of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, said “What I feel about people who want to bump people off is they are doing it for themselves. It is very difficult for doctors faced with patients for whom they can do nothing surrounded by parents and nurses who are distressed. The easiest thing is to bump them off. I don’t think that’s the right thing to do.”
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AUSTRALIAN ADVOCATES KILLING SEVERELY DISABLED BABIES
AUSTRALIA, May 22, 1998 (LSN) – Professor Peter Singer recently said that in cases where parents and doctors agree that a baby’s disabilities are incompatible with a decent quality of life, it would be kinder to end the baby’s life deliberately, rather than leave it to die. He suggests giving a lethal injection would be appropriate. Singer is deputy director of the Centre for Human Bioethics at Australia’s Monash University. In response, professor Richard Cook of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, said “What I feel about people who want to bump people off is they are doing […]
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