Elementary logic
Sir,
I read with interest and some perturbation Dr Alberto Giubilini and Dr Francesca Minerva’s article, “After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?”, in the Journal of Medical Ethics, February 23, 2012 (reported in News Weekly, March 17, 2012).
In their article the two Melbourne-based academics advocate the admissibility of killing newborns in certain circumstances. In particular, they argue that (a) certain classes of people may be describ…