e, Michael Tooley argued that since newborns are not ôself-awareö true persons, it would not be a crime of murder to kill them. He pointed out that neonaticide is common in many cultures.
Now, even medical schools have accommodated to the issue and do not include "I will give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion" (Mortimer, 2003, 155). Pete Singer of Princeton, an infanticide advocate in the bioethics area, believes that not only are there cases where it is permissible to kill an infant, but there are cases where it would be unethical not to. He believes it is time to get rid of outmoded religious beliefs and ancient medical oaths because they get in the way of common sense. Infanticide may not be legal, but there are times when it is the only ethical choice.
Legalized abortion has not made every child a ôwantedö child, says Mortimer, but has ôheightened the bar at the entrance gates of life at the expense of less than perfec
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